_Wynt._
3. Not possessing strength.
_Barbour._
4. Mean, vulgar.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _simple_, common, ordinary.
5. A term exciting pity.
_Chr. S. P._
~Sympylly~, _adv._ Meanly.
_Barbour._
SINACLE, _s._ A vestige, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. id. from Lat. _signacul-um_.
SYND, _s._ Appearance, aspect.
_Burel._
Su. G. _syn_, facies.
_To_ SYND, SIND, SEIN, _v. a._
1. To wash slightly, S. originally suggesting the idea of making the
sign of the cross.
V. ~Sane~.
_Morison._
2. To dilute; as, _to synd down_ one's _meat_, S.
~Synd~, ~Syne~, _s._
1. A slight ablution, S.
_A. Scott._
2. Drink, as washing the throat, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ To sunder, S.
_To_ ~Sinder~, _v. n._ To part, to separate, S.
A. S. _syndr-ian_, separare.
~Sindry~, _adj._
1. Sundry, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sindrig_, id.
2. In a state of disjunction, S.
~Syndrely~, _adv._ Severally.
_Wyntown._
~Syndrynes~, _s._ A state of separation or dispersion.
_Wyntown._
SINDILL, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNE, _adv._
1. Afterwards, S.
_Barbour._
2. Late, as opposed to _soon_.
_Baillie._
A. S. _saene_, tardus; Teut. _sind_, post.
~Syne~, _conj._ Seeing, S.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SING, _v. a._ To singe.
_Cleland._
A. S. _saeng-an_, Germ. _seng-en_, id.
~Singit-like~, _adj._ Puny, shrivelled. S.
SINGIN-EEN, _s._ The last night of the year; from the carols sung on
this evening, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
SINGLAR, _adj._ Unarmed.
_Wallace._
SINGLE, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SINGLE, _s._ A handful of gleaned corn, S.; also _sindle_.
_Gl. Sibb._
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _sin_, singularis, and _del_, pars; or Lat. _singul-us_.
SINKIL, _s._ L. _finkil_, fennel.
_Compl. S._
SYNLE, _adv._ Seldom.
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNOPARE, _s._ Cinnabar.
_Douglas._
SINSYNE, _adv._ Since, S.
V. ~Syne~.
_Burns._
_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._
1. To ooze, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. _v. a._ To let out any liquid, S.
_Magopico._
Teut. _sijpen_, id., stillare, manare.
~Sypins~, _s. pl._ Liquor that has oozed from an insufficient cask, S.
_To_ SYPYRE, SUPIR, _v. n._ To sigh.
Fr. _souspir-er_, id.
_Burel._
SIRDONING, _s._ The singing of birds.
_A. Hume._
Fr. _sourdine_, the pipe of a trumpet.
SYRE, _s._
V. ~Schir~.
SYRE, _s._ A sewer, S. _syver_.
V. ~Syver~.
_Watson._
SIR JOHN, a close stool, S.; _knight_, synon.
SIRKEN, _adj._ Tender of one's flesh, S.
Gael. _seirc_, affection; _seircin_, a darling.
_To_ SIRPLE, _v. a._ To sip often, S.
Sw. _sorpl-a_, Germ. _schurfl-en_, id.
SISE, SYSS, _s._
1. Assize, O. Fr.
_Barbour._
2. Doom, judgment.
_Montgomerie._
SYSE, _s._ Six at dice.
V. ~Syiss~.
_To_ SIST, _v. a._ To stop.
_To sist procedure_, to delay judicial proceeding, S.
Lat. _sist-ere_, id.
_Pardovan._
~Sist~, _s._ A suspension of diligence, a forensic term, S.
_Act Sed._
_To_ SIST, _v. a._
1. To cite, to summon, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To take a place, as at the bar of a court; generally used in regard
to one's engagement in divine worship, S.
_To_ SIT, _v. n._
1. To stop in growth, S.
2. To shrink, S.
3. Applied to the sinking of a wall, S.
~Sit~, _s._ The state of sinking, as applied to a wall, S.
_To_ SIT _an offer_, not to accept of it, S.
_Guthrie._
_To_ SIT _to_, _v. n._ Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from
not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.
_To_ SIT, SITT, _v. a._ To grieve.
_Wallace._
~Site~, ~Syte~, _s._
1. Grief, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _syt-a_, to mourn; _sut_, sorrow, _syting_, id.
2. Suffering, punishment.
_Douglas._
~Sitful~, ~Sitefull~, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Palice Hon._
~Sitfully~, _adv._ Sorrowfully.
_Wallace._
SITFASTS, _s. pl._ Restharrow, S.
SYTH, times.
V. ~Syith~.
_To_ SITHE, SYITH, _v. a._
V. ~Assyith~.
SITHE, SYITH, _s._ Satisfaction.
_Sat. Invis. World._
~Sithement~, _s._
V. ~Assythment~.
SYTHENS, _conj._
1. Although.
_K. Hart._
2. Since, seeing.
_Balnavis._
SYTHYN, _adv._ Afterwards.
_Barbour._
SYVER, SIVER, _s._ A covered drain, S. also _syre_; E. _sewer_.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _suyver-en_, mundare.
~Rumbling Syver~, a drain filled with stones thrown loosely together, S.
SIVVEN, _s._ The Raspberry, S. Gael.
SIVVENS, SIBBINS, _s. pl._
1. A disease viewed as of the venereal kind, S.
From its resembling a raspberry; Gael. _sivven_.
_Pennant._
2. The itch, Orkn. pron. _sibbens_.
SYVEWARM, _s._ L. _Syvewarin_, the sovereign or first magistrate of a
town.
_Sovereign_, quaestor, Kilian.
_Barbour._
SKADDINS, _s. pl._ Turfs, Banffs.
Teut. _scadde_, cespes, gleba.
_To_ SKAFF, SKAIFF, _v. a._ To collect by dishonourable means.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skaff-a_, to provide food.
~Skaff~, _s._ Provision.
V. ~Scaff~.
~Skafrie~, ~Scafferie~, _s._
1. Extortion.
_Acts Marie._
2. The contents of a larder; Sw. _skafferi_, cella penuaria.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Skaffay~, _adj._ Eager for gain.
_A. Hume._
SKAICHER, _s._ A term of gentle reprehension applied to a child, Ang.
Gael. _sgiogair_, a jackanapes.
_To_ SKAIK, _v. a._
1. To separate in an awkward or dirty manner, S. B.
2. To bedaub, S. B.
Isl. _skecke_, dispar facio.
_To_ SKAIL, SKAILL, SKALE, _v. a._
1. To disperse.
_Wyntown._
2. To dismiss, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
_To skail the byke_, to disperse an assembly, S.
3. To diffuse; applied to rumours.
_Doug._
4. To scatter, applied to the mind.
_Wyntown._
5. To spill, to shed, S.
6. To unrip, S. B.
_Ross._
7. _To skale doun_, to pour out.
_Doug._
8. _To skale doun_, to dishevel.
_Doug._
9. _To skail house_, to disfurnish.
_Rutherford._
10. _To skale a rig_, to plough ground so as to make it fall away from
the crown of the ridge, S.
11. _To skale a sege_, to raise a siege.
_Poems 16th Cent._
12. _To skail a proclamation_, to recall it.
_Balfour._
13. _To skail a gun_, to empty it, S.
Su. G. Isl. _skil-ia_, separare; Gael. _scaoil-am_, id.
_To_ ~Skail~, ~Skale~, ~Scale~, _v. n._
1. To part one from another.
_Barbour._
Isl. _skil-iast_, unus ab altero recedere.
2. To be diffused.
_Wallace._
~Skail~, ~Scail~, _s._
1. A dispersion, S.
2. A scattered party.
_Barbour._
~Skailin~, ~Scailin~, _s._ Dispersion, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Skail-wind~, _s._ That which causes dispersion, S.
_M. Bruce._
SKAILDRAIK, SKELDRAKE, _s._ The shieldrake.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SKAILLIE, SKAILYIE, _s._ Blue slate. S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Belg. _schalie_, id. Moes. G. _skal-jos_, tiles.
~Skillie pen~, a pencil of soft slate, S.
_To_ SKAIR, _v. n._
V. ~Skar~.
SKAIR, _s._ A share, Ang. Loth.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _skiaer_, id.; _skaer-a_, dividere.
SKAIR, _s._
1. One of the parts of a fishing-rod, S. B.
2. The slice at the end of each part, to which the sliced end of another
is fastened, S. A.
Isl. _skar-a_, asseres reciproce adaptare.
SKAIR, _s._ A bare place on the side of a hill.
V. ~Scar~.
SKAIRS, SKARS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.
Su. G. _skaer_, a rock; _skaer-a_, to divide.
SKAITBIRD, _s._ The Arctic gull.
Su. G. _skit-a_, cacare.
_Kennedy._
SKAITH, _s._
1. Hurt, damage, S.
_Doug._
Isl. _skade_, Su. G. _skada_, id.
2. Injury supposed to proceed from witchcraft, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKAIVIE, _adj._ Harebrained, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Sw. _skef_, Dan. _skiaev_, obliquus; A. Bor. _scafe_, wild.
SKALLAG, SCALLAG, _s._ A kind of bond-servant, West. Isl.
_J. L. Buchanan._
Gael. _sgallag_, a man-servant; Isl. _skalk_, servus.
SKAMYLL, SKAMBLE, _s._
1. A bench.
A. S. _scaemel_, id.
_Wallace._
2. In pl. shambles; _skemmils_, S. B.
_Maitland P._
_To_ SKANCE.
V. ~Scance~.
SKANT, SCANTH, _s._ Scarcity.
_Doug._
Dan. _skan-a_, parcere; or Isl. _skam-r_, brevis.
SKAP, _s._ Head, _scalp_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SKAR, SKAIR, _v. n._ To take fright, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skiar_, vitabundus; Su. G. _sky_, vitare.
~Skar~, ~Scar~, _adj._
1. Timorous; _skair_, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Shy, affectedly modest, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Skar~, ~Skare~, _s._
1. A fright, S.; _skair_, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. A scarecrow.
_Lyndsay._
SKARRACH, _s._
1. A flying shower, a blast of wind and rain, Ang. Fife.
Moes. G. _skura_, procella magna.
2. A considerable quantity of drink, Loth.
SKARSMENT, _s._ Some kind of fortification.
_Pal. Hon._
Germ. _schaur-en_, to defend.
SKART, _s._ A cormorant.
V. ~Scarth~.
SKARTFREE, _adj._
V. ~Scart~, _v._
SKARTH, _s._ Puny creature, S. _scart_.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skort-a_, deficere; _skard-a_, diminuere.
_To_ SKAT, _v. a._ To tax.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _schatt-en_; Su. G. _skatt-a_, taxare.
_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ To scald, S.
_Doug._
Fr. _eschaud-er_, Ital. _scald-are_, id.
_To_ ~Skaude~, ~Skad~, _v. n._ To be galled, from heat, S.
SKAUM, _s._
1. The act of singing clothes.
2. A slight mark of burning, S.
Sw. _skamm-a_, a stain; Isl. _kaam_, id.
~Skaummit~, ~Scamed~, _part. adj_. Having a mark produced by fire or a
hot iron, S.
_Spalding_.
SKAW, _s._ A scall of any kind, S.
_Bellenden_.
SKEEBRIE, _s._ Thin light soil, Ang.
~Skeebroch~, _s._ Very lean meat, Galloway.
Ir. _scabar_, thin, lean.
_To_ SKEEG, _v. a._ To lash, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
Celt. _skig-ia_, to strike; Arm. _skei_, to bang.
~Skeeggers~, _s. pl._ A whip; properly one made of sedges, Ang.
SKEELY, _adj._ Skilful.
V. ~Skilly~.
SKEELING GOOSE, the shieldrake, Orkn.
_Sibbald_.
_To_ SKEY _off_, _v. n._ To fly.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. _sky_, Alem. _ski-en_, vitare.
SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._
1. Apt to startle, S.
_Douglas._
2. Unmanageable, skittish, S.
_Douglas._
3. Shy; applied to women, S.
_Ross._
4. Proud, disdainful, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _scheuch_, shy; Su. G. _skygg_, startling.
_To_ ~Skeich~, _v. n._ To startle.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skygg-a_, meticulose recedere.
_To_ SKEYG, _v. n._ To move nimbly in walking, S. B.
Moes. G. _skeu-jan_, iter facere.
~Skeyg~, _s._ _At the skeyg_, in a quick motion, Ang.
SKEIGH, _adv_.
V. ~Skeich~.
SKEIL, SKEILL, (pron. _skeel_), _s._
1. A tub for washing, S.
_Dunbar_.
2. A wooden drinking vessel with a handle, Orkn.
Isl. _skiola_, a milk-pail; mulctra, haustorium.
SKEIR, SKEER, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.
Isl. _skiar_, pavidus, id.
SKEITCHES, _s. pl_. Scates, S.
Teut. _schatse_.
_To_ ~Skeitch~, _v. n._ To scate, S.
~Skeitcher~, _s._ A scater, S.
SKELB, _s_. A splinter, S.
V. ~Skelve~.
SKELDRAKE, _s_.
V. ~Skaildrake~.
SKELF, _s._
1. A shelf, S.
A. S. _scelf_.
_Ross_.
2. A wooden frame, containing several shelves, S.
_Pennecuik, N._
SKELLAT, _s_.
1. A small bell.
_Dunbar_.
2. An iron rattle, used by public criers, Loth.
O. Fr. _eschelette_, id.; Su. G. _skaella_, nola, tintinnabulum.
SKELLIE, SKEELY, _s._ A squint look, S.
A. S. _sceol-age_, Isl. _skialg-ur_, id.
_To_ ~Skellie~, _v. n._ To squint, S.
Isl. _skael-a_, Germ. _schiel-en_, limis intueri.
SKELLY, _s._ The chub, a fish, Roxb.
_Stat. Acc._
Ital. _squaglio_, Lat. _squal-us_, id.
SKELLY, _s._ Slate.
V. ~Skaillie~.
SKELLYIS, _s. pl._ Rugged rocks.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Douglas._
SKELLOCH, SKELLIE, _s._
1. Wild mustard, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Ir. _sgeallagach_, id.
2. Sometimes, wild radish, S. A.
_To_ SKELLOCH, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S. B.
Isl. _skell-a_, clangere.
~Skelloch~, _s._ A shrill cry, S. B.
_To_ SKELP, _v. n._
1. To beat, as a clock.
_Ramsay._
2. Denoting strong pulsation, S. B.
Isl. _skialf-a_, Dan. _skiaelv-e_, tremere.
3. To move quickly on foot, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _skialf-a_, concutere, quatere.
_To_ ~Skelp~, _v. a._
1. To strike with the open hand, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To beat, to drub, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _skelf-a_, id., percello.
~Skelp~, _s._
1. A stroke, a blow, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A misfortune in trade or otherwise, S.
_Burel._
~Skelpie-limmer~, _s._
An opprobrious term applied to a female, S.
_Burns._
SKELT, _part. pa._ Unript.
V. ~Skail~, _v._
_To_ SKELVE, _v. n._ To separate in _lamina_, S. B.
Su. G. _skaell-a_, Isl. _skel-iast_, in tenues laminas dissilire;
_skil-ia_, separare.
~Skelve~, _s._ A thin slice, S. B.
Teut. _schelve_, segmen.
~Skelvy~, _adj._
1. Having various _lamina_, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. Shelvy, S.
_Burns._
SKEO, _s._ A hut for drying fish, Orkn.
Isl. Norw. _skia-r_, id. pergula siccatoria.
SKEP, SKEPPE, SCAPE, _s._
1. A bee-hive made of twisted straw, S. A.
_Hume._
2. Transferred to industry.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skaepp-a_, a seed-vessel; Gael. _sgeip_, a bee-hive.
SKER, perhaps, a rock.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _skaer_, scopulus maris.
SKERRY, _s._
1. An insulated rock, Orkn.
_Barry._
2. A flat rock, over which the sea flows when the tide rises.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _skaer_, a rock, and _ey_, an island.
SKERTER, _s._ The sea-belt, a fucus, Orkn.
_Neill._
SKET. _Ful sket_, full hastily.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on scyte_, in praecipiti; Isl. _skiot-ur_, celer.
SKEW, SKEU, _s._ The oblique part of a gable, S.
V. ~Shach~.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ ~Skew~, _v. a._
1. To build in an oblique form, S.
2. To cover gables with sods, Tweedd.
SKEW'D, _adj._ Acting like one deprived of reason, Perths.
V. ~Skaivie~.
SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. "take and retake."
_Wallace._
Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.
_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.
V. ~Showl~.
SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a
_mould-board_.
_Stat. Acc._
SKY, _s._ Shadow.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.
SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.
_Knox._
Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.
~Skybald~, _adj._
1. Mean, low.
_Polwart._
2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.
SKIBE, _s._ A low or niggardly fellow, West and South of S.
V. ~Skybald~.
_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.
_Maitland P._
Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to
graze.
_To_ ~Skiff~, _v. a._ To cause a flat stone _skip_ along the surface of
a body of water, S.
_To_ ~Skift~, _v. a._ To glide over, S. B.
SKIFFIE, _s._ The tub used for bringing up coals from the pit, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIFT, _s._ A flying shower, S. B.
Su. G. _skifw-a_, mutare; _skift_, intervallum.
SKIFT, _s._ Facility in operation, S. B.
Moes. G. _ga-skaft_, making; _skap-an_, facere.
SKIFT, _s._ A broad ridge of land, Orkn.
Su. G. _skift_, intervallum.
SKYLAND, _part. pr._ Not retaining.
Dan. _skyll-a_, eluere.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SKYLE, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _skyl-a_, Dan. _skyl-er_, occultare.
SKILL, _s._ Return.
_King Hart._
Isl. _skill_, redditio.
SKILL, SKYLL, _s._
1. Reason.
_Barbour._
2. Proof.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _skil_, ratio, probatio.
3. Approbation, or regard, S. B.
~Skilly~, ~Skeely~, _adj._ Intelligent, skilful, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _skaelig_, rational; Isl. _skiallig-r_, prudent.
_To_ SKILT, _v. n._ To move quickly and lightly.
_Cleland._
From the sound made; Isl. _skell-a_, _skelldi_, verberando sonum
edere.
SKIMMERIN, _part. adj._ Denoting that peculiar look which characterises
an idiot or a lunatic, S. B.
Germ. _schimmer_, a dim or faint glare.
SKINY, _s._ Packthread, pron. q. _skeengyie_, E. _skain_, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
SKINK, _s._ Strong soup made of cows hams, S.
A. S. _scenc_, potus.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ SKYNK, _v. a._
1. To pour out liquor for drinking.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skaenk-a_, Franc. _skenk-en_, potum infundere.
2. To make a libation to the gods.
_Douglas._
3. To serve drink.
_Douglas._
4. _To scink over_, to renounce.
_Rutherford._
_To_ SKINKLE, _v. n._ To sparkle, S.
_Burns._
~Skinklin~, _s._
1. The sparkling of a bright irradiation, Ayrs.
2. A small portion, ibid.
_Burns._
SKIP, a termination denoting state or condition;
Su. G. _skap_, A. S. _scipe_, E. _ship_, id., from Su. G. _skap-a_,
creare, &c.
SKIPPARE, SKIPPER, _s._
1. A shipmaster, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skeppare_, anc. _skipare_, A. S. _scipar_, id.
2. Now generally appropriated to the master of a sloop, barge, or
passage-boat, S.
3. In the fisheries, one of the men who superintends other four, having
the charge of a _coble_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIRDOCH, _adj._ Flirting, Fife.
Isl. _skryd-a_, ornare; _skreitt-r_, ornatus; _skart-a_, magnifice
vestiri.
SKYRE, _s._ A schirrus.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _scyre_, id.
SKYRIN, _part. pr._
1. Shining, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Making a great show, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _scir_, Su. G. _skir_, shining.
_To_ SKIRL, SKIRLE, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _skrall-a_, sonum streperum edere.
~Skirl~, _s._ A shrill cry, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skrall_, Dan. _skraal_, vociferatus.
_To_ SKYRME, _v. n._ To make a feint.
Isl. _skrum-a_, fingo.
_Houlate._
_To_ SKIRP, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKIST, _s._ Chest; for _kist_.
_Gl. Sibb._
SKIST, _s._ Perhaps, _skift_, art.
_K. Hart._
SKIT, _s._
1. A vain, empty creature, S.
_Dancing skit_, a contemptuous designation for a female dancer on a
stage.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _skiot-r_, celer, citus.
2. A piece of silly ostentation, S.
SKIT, _s._ An oblique taunt, S.
Isl. _skaeting-r_, dicteria acerba.
_To_ SKITE, SKYTE, _v. a._
1. To eject any liquid forcibly, S.
Isl. _skvett-a_, id. Sw. _skijt-a_, exonerare ventrem.
2. To squirt, to throw the spittle forcibly through the teeth, S.
~Skite~, _s._ The dung of a fowl, S. B.
~Skyte~, _s._ A nasty person, S. B.
Dan. _skyden_, sordidus.
_To_ ~Skyte~, _v. n._ To glide swiftly, S.
Su. G. _skiut-a_, id.
_Ramsay._
SKIVERS, SKEEVERS, _s. pl._ The leather now generally used for binding
school books, which is sliced into two, S.
Su. G. _skifva_, a slice, pl. _skifvar_.
SKLAFFORD HOLES, apertures in the walls of a barn, Ang.
Perh. corr. from L. B. _sclopet-um_, a harquebuss, as originally
applied to the loopholes of a castle.
SKLAIF, _s._ A slave.
_Bannatyne P._
SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.
V. ~Sclaite~.
~Sklater~, _s._ A slater, S.
SKLANDYR, _s._ Slander.
V. ~Sclandyr~.
SKLEFF, _adj._ Shallow.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ SKLENT, _v. n._
V. ~Sclent~.
_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._
1. To slice, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. Denoting the abbreviation of time.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ SKLYRE, _v. n._ To slide, Loth.
~Sklyre~, _s._ A slide, ibid.
_To_ SKLOY, _v. n._ To slide on ice, Loth.
Fr. _escoul-er_, id.
~Skloy~, _s._ A slide, Loth.
SKLOUT, SKLOUTER, _s._ Cows' dung in a thin state, Fife.
SKLUTE, _s._
1. In pl. large clumsy feet, S. B. Perhaps from _klute_, S. a hoof.
2. A lout, S. B.
_To_ ~Sklute~, _v. n._ To set down the feet clumsily, S.
SKODGE, SKODGIE, _s._ A kitchen drudge, S.
Su. G. _skoswen_, literally, a _shoe-servant_.
_To_ ~Skodge~, _v. n._ To act as a drudge, S.
SKOLDIRT, SKOWDERT.
V. ~Scowder~.
_To_ SKOLE, SKOLT, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.
V. ~Skul~.
_Ruddiman._
SKOMER, _s._
V. ~Scomer~.
SKON, SCONE, _s._
1. A thin cake of wheat or barley meal, S.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. denoting a specimen, S.
Isl. _skaun_, cortex lactis.
_Kelly._
_To_ SKONCE, _v. a._ To guard.
_Evergr._
Su. G. _skans-a_, Teut. _schants-en_, munire.
SKORE, _s._ A line to mark the goal, S.
_Douglas._
SKORPER, _s._ A round kind of bread, Shetl.
Su. G. _skorpa_, pl. _skorper_, biscuits.
SKOUPER, _s._
V. ~Scouppar~.
SKOUR, _s._ A slight shower, Dumfr.
SKOUR _of wind_, a gust, S.
_Callander._
Isl. _skur_, nimbus, typhon.
SKOURIOUR, _s._
V. ~Scurrour~.
SKOUTT, _s._ A small boat.
_A. Hume._
Isl. _skuta_, Belg. _schuyt_, Ir. _scud_, id.
SKOWURAND, _part. pr._ Shuddering.
Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere.
_Barbour._
SKRAE, SKREE, _s._ A searce made of wire for cleansing grain, Loth.
Gael. _criathar_; a bolter, Su. G. _skraed-a_, to bolt, to sift.
SKRAE, _s._ A thin meagre person, S.
_Minstr. Bordr._
Su. G. _skraf_, a skeleton, _skral_, scanty.
SKRAE-FISH, SCRAE-FISH, _s. pl._ Fishes dried in the sun, without being
salted, Orkn.
_Neill._
Isl. _skrael-a_, to dry; _skreid_, pisces indurati.
_To_ SKRAIK, SCRAIGH, _v. n._
1. Denoting the cry of a fowl when displeased, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. To cry with importunity and in a discontented tone, S.
Su. G. _skrik-a_, Isl. _skraeka_, id.
~Skraik~, ~Scraik~, _s._
1. The screaking of fowls, S.; also _skraich_.
_Douglas._
2. A loud or shrill sound, caused by musical instruments.
_A. Hume._
Isl. _skraek-r_, clamor, ploratus.
SKRAN, _s._
1. _Fine skran_, a phrase used by children, in commendation of any thing
they are fond of, especially if edible, Lanerks.
Isl. _skran_, supellex leviusculus.
2. The offals or refuse of human food, thrown to dogs, Loth.
SKRANKY, _adj._
1. Lank, slender, S.
2. Applied to an empty purse.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _schrank-en_, to confine; A. S. _scrunc-en_, contracted.
SKRAPIT, _pret._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To cry, to scream.
_Watson._
Franc. _screiot_, Sw. _skrijt_, clamor.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To lie, to magnify in narration, S.
Su. G. _skryt-a_, jactare, Isl. _skreit-a_, fingere.
~Skreed~, _s._ A lie, a fabrication, S.
SKREEK, SCREAK, _of day_, the dawn, S. B.; also _skrieh_.
V. ~Creek~.
_Ross._
_To_ SKREENGE, _v. a._ To scourge, S.
~Skreenge~, _s._ A lash, a stroke, Fife.
_To_ SKRY, _v. a._ To cry, to proclaim, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _skri-a_, vociferari, _skri_, clamor.
~Skry~, ~Scry~, _s._
1. Noise.
_Wallace._
2. The crying of fowls.
_Douglas._
_To_ SKRIFT, _v. n._ To fabricate.
V. ~Scrift~.
Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, nugari, _skraef_, nugae.
SKRILLES, _s. pl._ Shrieks.
V. ~Skirl~.
To SKRIM, _v. a._ To scud, to move quickly, S.
SKRYMMORIE, _s._ Apparently, the name of a mischievous fairy.
_Pal. Hon._
Isl. _skrumari_, a braggart; O. Fr. _es-crimour_, a good tugger.
SKRINE, _s._ Unboiled _sowens_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _krinse_, purgamentum frumenti.
SKRINKIE, SKRINKYT.
V. ~Skrankie~.
SKROPIT, _pret. v._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKROW, _s._ A scroll.
V. ~Scrow~.
SKROW, _s._ A slight shower, S. B.; Isl. _skur_.
V. ~Skarrach~.
SKRUFE, _s._
Wealth, acquired by parsimony or exaction.
_Bannatyne P._
Teut. _schrobb-en_, scalpere.
SKRUMPLE, _s._ A wrinkle.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _schrumple_, id. Su. G. _skrump-en_, to wrinkle.
_To_ SKRUNT, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, Clydes.
Isl. _skruning-r_, _skrudning-r_, strepitus.
SKRUNTY, _adj._ Meagre, raw-boned, Fife, Loth.
Su. G. _skrin_, dried, Dan. _skranten_, infirm.
SKUBE, _s._ Any thing that is hollowed out, S. B.; allied to E. _scoop_.
Su. G. _skopa_, Arm. _scob_, haustrum.
SKUG, SCUG, SCOUG, _s._
1. A shade, what defends from the heat, S.
_Doug._
2. A shelter from storm, S.
_Spalding._
3. Protection, S.
_Pop. Ball._
4. Metaph. applied to ghosts, in relation to the place of their
residence.
_Douglas._
5. A pretence, a cloak, S.
_Mellvill's MS._
Su.G. _skugga_, umbra; _skyggd_, tegmen.
_To_ ~Skug~, _v. a._
1. To shade, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _skygg-a_, obumbrare.
2. To shelter, to skreen, S.
3. _To skoog a shower_, to seek shelter from it, S. B.
4. In a moral sense, to expiate.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ ~Skug~, ~Scoug~, _v. n._ To flee for shelter.
_Ferguson._
~Skuggy~, _adj._ Shady.
_Ruddiman._
~Skugry~, _s._ _In skugry_, under covert.
_Henrysone._
SKUL, SKULL, SKOLL, _s._
1. A goblet or large bowl, for containing liquor.
_Douglas._
2. The salutation of one who is present, or the respect paid to an
absent person, by expressing a wish for his health, when one is about to
drink.
_Cromarty._
Isl. _skal_, _skaal_, Su. G. _skol_, Dan. _skaal_, a cup, a bowl, a
drinking vessel. Su. G. _dricka skala_, bibere pateram, quando bibitur
alicujus honori et memoriae; Loccen. _Dricka ens skol_, id. Ihre.
SKUL, _s._ A scullion.
_Godscroft._
Ir. _sguille_, id. Su. G. _skoel-ja_, eluere.
SKULE, _s._ An inflammatory disease affecting the palate of a horse, S.
Teut. _schuyl_, Su. G. _skalla_, id.
SKULE, SCULE, SKULL, _s._ A great collection of individuals, as of
fishes, S.
_Burel._
A. S. _sceole_, coetus magnus, multitudo.
SKULES, _s. pl._ Stalls where cattle are fed, S. B.
Isl. _skiol_, Su. G. _skiul_, a covert.
SKULL, _s._ A shallow basket of a semicircular form, S.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _skiola_, vas quo arida vel liquida metiri consueverunt.
_To_ SKULT, _v. a._ To beat.
V. ~Scult~.
SKUR, _s._
1. A small horn, not fixed to the scull of an animal, but hanging by the
skin, Ang.
2. The rough projecting part of a stone, Ang.
Su. G. _skoer-a_, rumpere.
SKUR, _s._ Perh. a scar, Mearns.
Isl. _skor_, incisura.
SKURYVAGE, _s._
1. A dissipated fellow, a lecher.
_Douglas._
2. A vagabond, Loth.
Lat. _scurra_ and _vag-or_.
SKURRIOUR, _s._ A scout.
V. ~Scurrour~.
SKUWES, _s. pl._ Groves.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _scua_, umbra.
_To_ SLA, _v. a._
1. To strike.
V. ~Slew~.
2. To slay, to kill.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _slahan_, Isl. _sla-a_, Belg. _sla_, to strike.
SLABBER, _s._ A slovenly fellow, Dumfr.
Teut. _slabber-en_, E. _to slabber_.
SLACK, _s._ An opening between hills.
V. ~Slak~.