1. Slow, S. B.
2. Transferred to money, when payments are made slowly, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
3. Thinly occupied, regarding place, S.
4. Not trust-worthy; loose in conduct, S.
5. Reluctant to pay a debt, S.
A. S. _sleac_, Su. G. _slak_, remissus.
SLADE, SLAID, _s._ A hollow, a den, S. B.
_Douglas._
Isl. _slaed_, vallis; A. S. id. via in convallibus; Dan. _slet_,
Isl. _sletta_, planities.
SLAE, SLA, _s._ The sloe, S.
_Lightfoot._
A. S. _sla_, Belg. _slee_, Germ. _schleh_, id.
SLAG, _s._ A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S.
B.
Isl. _slagi_, humiditas, _slagn-a_, humescere.
SLAG, SLOG, _s._ A gust.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _slagg_, intemperies; Teut. _slegghe_, nebula.
SLAID, _s._ A valley.
V. ~Slade~.
To SLAIGER, _v. n._ To waddle in the mud, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _sleggerigh_, madidus; radically the same with _Laggery_.
_To_ SLAIK, SLAKE, _v. n._
1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, especially sweetmeats,
&c. S.
_Tannahill._
Germ. _schleck-en_, ligurire, suavia et dulcia appetere.
2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. To bedaub, S.
_Glenburnie._
4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals, S.
SLAINES, SLAYANS. _Letters of Slaines_, letters subscribed, in case of
slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been _slain_,
acknowledging that satisfaction had been given, or otherwise soliciting
for the pardon of the offender.
_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ SLAIRG, SLAIRY, SLARY, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.
Teut. _sloore_, sordida ancilla; Belg. _slorig_, sordidus; O. E.
_slorie_, sordidare.
~Slairy~, ~Slarie~, _s._
1. Any thing that bedaubs, S.
2. A part of one's food, taken so carelessly as to dirty one's clothes,
S.
_To_ ~Slairt~ _about_, to go about sluggishly, S. B.
Teut. _sloordigh_, sordidus.
_To_ SLAISTER, SLYSTER, _v. n._
1. To do any thing in an awkward and dirty way, S.
_Antiquary._
2. To work in any thing moist or unctuous, S.
3. To move clumsily through a miry road, S.
Su. G. _slask-a_, humorem sordidum effundere.
_To_ ~Slaister~, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.
_Ferguson._
~Slaister~, ~Slyster~, ~Slaistery~, _s._ A heterogeneous mass, S.
_Ferguson._
SLAIT, _pret._ Slitted, cut.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SLAIT, _v. a._
1. To level.
Su. G. _slaet-a_, id.
2. To depreciate, W. Loth.
3. To abuse grossly, to maltreat.
_Guthrie._
4. To wipe.
_Ritson._
SLAITIT, _part. pa._ Exhausted with fatigue.
_Balnevis._
Teut. _slete_, tritus, _slet-en_, atterere.
SLAK, SLACK, SLAKE, _s._
1. An opening in the higher part of a hill or mountain, where it becomes
less steep, and forms a sort of pass, S.
_Barbour._
2. A gap or narrow pass between two hills or mountains.
_Wyntown._
3. _The slack of the hass_, the narrowest part of the throat, Loth.
Su. G. _slak_, remissus; also, the hollow of the side.
SLAKE, SLAIK, SLEEGH, SLOKE, _s._
1. The oozy vegetable substance in the bed of rivers, S. B. _slauk._
_Stat. Acc._
2. Navel laver, S. B.
_Lightfoot._
Su. G. _slak_, laxus; as being soft and flaccid.
SLAKE, _s._ A blow on the chops.
_Kelly._
A. S. _slaege_, Su. G. Belg. _slag_, ictus.
_To_ SLAIK, _v. n._ To slacken.
_Wallace._
SLAM, SLAMMACH, _s._ A share of any thing acquired by forcible or artful
means, S. B.
Su. G. _slam-a_, coacervare; _slem_, craft.
_To_ ~Slammach~, _v. a._ To seize.
_To_ SLAMMACH, SLAMACH, _v. n._ To slabber, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
Su. G. _slem_, slime, _slemig_, slimy.
SLAMMIKIN, _s._ A drab, Loth.
Su. G. _slem_, turpis, eluvies, faex, id.
SLANG, _s._ A species of cannon coinciding with the culverine.
_Complaynt S._
Teut. _slanghe_, serpens, bombarda longior.
_To_ SLANGER, _v. n._ To linger, Berwicks.
Su. G. _slingr-a_, repere.
SLAP, _s._
1. A narrow pass between two hills, S. Gl. Shirr.
_Pennecuik._
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _sleppi_, praecipitium convallis.
2. A breach in a wall, hedge, &c. S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Slap~, _v. a._ To break into gaps, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ SLAP, v. a. To separate threshed grain from the broken straw, &c.
by means of a riddle, S. B.
Su. G. _slaepp-a_, to permit any thing to escape.
~Slap~, _s._ A riddle for thus separating grain, S. B.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To give a slabbering kiss, S.
Isl. _slefs-a_, allambo, alligurio.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To work in what is wet or flaccid, Lanerks.
Dan. _slask-er_, to paddle, to puddle.
~Slash~, _s._ A great quantity of broth, or any other sorbillaceous
food, Loth.
~Slashy~, _s._ Applied to work that is both wet and dirty, S.
Sw. _slask_, wet.
SLATE, _s._ One who is slovenly and dirty, Loth. Border; _slaid_,
Clydes.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _sladde_, vir habitu et moribus indecorus.
_To_ SLATE, _v. a._ To let loose; applied to dogs in hunting.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _slaetinge_, vestigia ferarum.
SLAUKIE, _adj._
1. Flaccid, unctuous, S. B.
V. ~Slake~.
2. Slimy, covered with _slake_, S.
3. Slow, whether in speech or motion, Ang.
Isl. _slaeki_, foemina piger.
SLAUPIE, _adj._ Indolent and slovenly, S. B.
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus.
SLAW, _adj._ Slow, S.
_K. Ja. VI._
SLE, SLEY, _adj._
1. Sly, S. _slee_.
_Doug._
2. Skilful, dexterous.
_Barbour._
3. Ingenious.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _sloeg_, Isl. _slaeg-r_, id.
SLED-SADDLE, _s._ That which is borne by a horse yoked in a cart, S.
from _sled_, a sledge.
SLEDERIE, _adj._
V. ~Sliddery~.
SLEEK, _s._ Mire, slime, S.
V. ~Slik~.
SLEEK, _s._ A measure of fruits, roots, &c. containing forty pounds, S.
Perh. originally a measure of liquids; Germ. _schlauch_, a jack, a
leathern bottle.
SLEEKIT, SLEKIT, _adj._ Parasitical, deceitful, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sleker_, homo blandus; Isl. _slikiare_, parasitus.
SLEENIE, _s._ A guinea, Aberd.
_Skinner._
A. S. _slean_, to strike; _slaegen_, struck.
SLEEPERY, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
SLEEPIES, _s. pl._ Field brome grass, from its supposed soporific
quality, S.
SLEETH, _s._ A sluggard, Aberd.
_Forbes._
A. S. _slaewth_, sloth; Isl. _sliar_, hebes, sleita, torpor animi.
_To_ SLEIF, _v. n._ To slip.
_K. Hart._
Alem. _sliaf-an_, to glide.
SLEITCHOCK, _s._ A nattering woman, Perths.
Dan. _sledsk-er_, to wheedle.
SLEKIT, _adj._ Deceitful.
V. ~Sleekit~.
SLENK, _s._ A piece of low craft.
_Sir Gawan._
Germ. _schlaenke_, doli; Isl. _slungin_, callidus.
SLEPERYE, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
_To_ SLERG, _v. a._ To bedaub, Loth.
Belg. _slorig_, sordidus.
_Ramsay._
SLETT, _s._ L. _flet_, q. v.
_Kelly._
SLEUTH, _s._ Sloth; A. S. _slewth_.
_Doug._
~Sleuth~, ~Slueth~, _adj._ Slothful.
_Diallog._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. a._ To neglect, or to do work carelessly, S. B.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. n._ To linger.
_Douglas._
SLEUTH, _s._ The tract of man or beast, as known by the scent.
_Barbour._
~Sleuth-hund~, ~Slouth-hund~, ~Sloith-hund~, ~Sloth-brache~,
~Slough-dog~, _s._ A blood-hound.
_Barbour._
Isl. _slod_, semita, vestigia; Ir. _sliocht_, a tract.
SLEW FYR, struck fire.
_Barbour._
Teut. _vier-sla-en_, excutere ignem.
SLEWYT, _pret._ Slipped.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _slaa knut_, nodum nectere.
_To_ SLICHT, _v. a._ To contrive.
_Doug._
Isl. _slaegd_, fraus, dolus.
SLICHT, SLIGHT, _adj._ Worthless, S.
_Spalding._
Su. G. _slaet karl_, homo flocci.
SLICK-WORM, _s._ A worm bred in the ooze of rivers, S.
V. ~Slik~.
_Statist. Acc._
SLID, SLYD, SLIDE, _adj._
1. Slippery, S.
_Douglas._
2. Mutable, uncertain.
_Pal. Hon._
3. Cajoling, wheedling, S.
A. S. _slith_, sliddery.
~Slidness~, _s._
1. Slipperiness, S.
2. Smoothness of versification.
_Ramsay._
~Slidder~, _adj._ Unstable, variable.
_Lynds._
~Slidder~, _s._ Slipperiness.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ ~Slidder~, _v. a._ To pronounce indistinctly, S.
Teut. _slidder-en_, celeriter tendere; Isl. _slodr-ar_, balbutio.
~Sliddery~, ~Sliddry~, ~Slederie~, _adj._
1. Slippery, S.
_Douglas._
2. Escaping one's grasp, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
3. Deceitful, S.
~Slidernes~, _s._ Slipperiness.
_Henrysone._
SLIDDER, _adj._ Slow, inactive.
_Maitland P._
Isl. _slidra_, torpor; _slidrulegr_, tardus, lentus.
SLIDDERY, _adj._ (pron. _slithry_) Loose and flaccid; a term applied to
food, S. B.
Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere; _slodder_, laxus.
* _To_ SLIDE, _v. n._ To fib, S.
SLIEVE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish. Loth.
_Sibbald._
_To_ SLIGHT, _v. a._ To dismantle.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _slicht-en_, solo aequare, diruere.
SLYGOOSE, _s._ The shieldrake, Orkn.
_Pennant._
SLIK, SLIKE, _s._
1. Slime, S. _sleek_.
_Barbour._
2. The slimy shore.
_Douglas._
Teut. _slyck_, Germ. _schlick_, coenum, lutum.
SLIK, Perhaps, slipped.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _slink-a_, slip, from _slik-a_, to creep.
SLIM, _adj._
1. Slight, not sufficient, S.
2. Naughty, worthless, S.
Isl. _slaem-r_, vile, Dan. _slem_, bad, naughty.
_To_ ~Slim o'er~, _v. a._ To do anything carelessly and insufficiently,
S.
_To_ SLING, _v. n._ To walk with a long step, S.
Su. G. _slaeng-a_, jactare, valide movere.
~Sling~, _s._ A long walk. Loth.
SLINK, _s._
1. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. Ill-fed veal in general, S.
Sw. _slyn-a_, carion; Germ. _schlenk-en_, abjicere.
3. A worthless character, S.
_Antiquary._
~Slink~, _adj._ Not fed.
_Statist. Acc._
SLINKIE, _adj._ Tall and slender, lank, S.
Dan. _slunken_, lank, scraggy.
SLINKIN, _s._ Deceit, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Slinkin~, _part. adj._ Deceitful, ibid.
A. S. _slinc-an_, to creep.
SLIP, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, as it comes from the reel;
containing twelve _cuts_, S.
SLIP, SLYP, _s._
1. A low draught carriage, a dray without wheels.
_Wallace._
Germ. _schleife_, traha, _schleif-en_, to draw.
2. A wooden frame set on the top of a cart, for enlarging its size, S.
B.
SLYP, SLYPE, _s._ A coarse fellow, Aberd. Gl. Skinner.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus; _slaep-a_, longurio.
_To_ SLYPE, _v. a._ To fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough, Ayrs.
E. _slip_.
Teut. _slipp-en_, delabi.
_Burns._
SLIPPERY, SLEPERYE, SLEEPERY, _adj._
1. Causing sleep.
_Doug._
2. Overpowered with sleep, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Teut. _slaeperigh_, somnolentus.
SLYRE, _s._ A kind of fine lawn.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Germ. _schleyer_, a scarf, a vail.
_To_ SLYSTER.
V. ~Slaister~.
_To_ SLYTE, _v. n._ To move easily or smoothly, Loth.
Isl. _slitta_, aequare, planum reddere.
_To_ SLO, _v. a._ To slay.
_Maitland P._
SLOGAN, _s._ War-cry, or gathering word of a clan, S.
V. ~Slughorn~.
_Minstr. Bord._
SLOGG, SLAGG, _s._ A slough.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _slog_, id.
~Sloggy~, _adj._ Slimy, marshy.
_Douglas._
SLOGGIS, _s. pl._ Blasts.
V. ~Slag~.
SLOITH, _s._
V. ~Sleuth-hund~.
SLOKE, _s._
V. ~Slake~.
_To_ SLOKIN, _v. a._
1. To quench, in regard to fire, S.
_Douglas._
2. To allay thirst, S.
_Hudson._
3. To assuage heat of passion.
_Dunbar._
4. To extinguish the claims of an opponent; in a forensic sense.
_Balfour._
Su. G. _slockn-a_, extinguere; from _slaeck-a_, id.
SLONG, SLOUNG, _s._ A sling; slung, S. B.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _slunga_, _sloengwa_, Su. G. _sliunga_, id.
SLONK, _s._ A mire, a ditch.
_Wallace._
Belg. _sleyncke_, lacuna, fovea.
_To_ ~Slonk~, ~Slunk~, _v. n._
1. To wade through a mire, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To sink in mind, S. O.
_To_ SLOOM, _v. n._ To slumber, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _sluym-en_, leviter dormire.
~Sloomy corn~, grain which is not well filled, S.; q. what slumbers in
the growth.
_Callander._
SLOP, _s._ A gap.
V. ~Slap~.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Slop~, _v. a._
1. To make a gap.
_Doug._
2. To hew down.
_Douglas._
3. _To slop throw_, to pierce.
_Bellenden._
SLOP, _s._ A compact body.
_Wallace._
Teut. _slepp_, agmen.
_To_ SLORP, _v. a._ To swallow ungracefully; making a noise with the
mouth or throat, S. A.
Isl. _slupra_, id.; or O. Teut. _slorpe_, vorago.
SLORPING, _adj._ Tawdry, Roxb.
_Gl. Sibb._
Su. G. _slurfwig_, incuriosus, sordidus.
_To_ SLOT, _v. a._ To fasten by a bolt, S.
_Ruddiman._
Belg. _sluyt-en_, Su. G. _slut-a_, claudere.
~Slot~, _s._
1. A bar, a bolt, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _slot_, Belg. _sluyt_, sera, obex.
2. Applied to the mind.
_Rutherford._
3. A cross-spar fastening the _bulls_ of a harrow, Ang.
SLOT, _s._
1. _Slot of a hill_, a hollow in a hill, or between two ridges, S.
Isl. _slod-r_, res humilis et depressa.
2. _Slot of the breast_, pit of the stomach, S.
SLOT, _s._ Uncertain.
_Barbour._
SLOT, _s._ A sum of money, S. B.
_To_ SLOTH, _v. a._
V. ~Sleuth~, _v._
_To_ SLOTTER, _v. n._
1. To pass time sluggishly, S.
_Douglas._
2. To act in a slovenly manner, Loth.
_Douglas._
Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere.
~Slottry~, _adj._ Drowsy, inactive, Loth.
_Douglas._
SLOUNG, _s._ A sling.
V. ~Slong~.
_To_ SLOUNGE, _v. n._ To go about in an indolent way, especially as
catering for a dinner, S.
Dan. _slong-er_, Germ. _schlungel-n_, to saunter.
~Sloungin-like~, _adj._ Having a downcast look; or moving like one much
fatigued, S.
SLOUPE, _s._ A stupid silly fellow, S. A.
_Gl. Complaynt._
Isl. _sliov-r_, _sliof_, hebes; or the same with ~Slyp~, q. v.
SLOUSSIS, L. _floussis_.
V. ~Flouss~.
_Barbour._
SLOUTH-HUND, _s._
V. ~Sleuth-hund~.
_To_ SLUBBER, _v. a._
1. To swallow, so as to make a noise with the throat, S.
2. To do any thing carelessly.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _slabbr-a_, avide deglutire, Isl. _slupr-a_, Dan. _slubr-e_,
mollia ingurgitare.
~Slubber~, _s._ The act of swallowing as described above, S.
~Slubbery~, _adj._ Applied to flaccid food, in swallowing which a noise
is made by the throat, S.
Teut. _slobber-en_, flaccidum esse.
_To_ SLUDDER, (pron. _sluther_), _v. a._ The same with ~Slubber~, S.
sense 1.
~Sluddery~, _adj._ Soft, flaccid, Fife.
Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere.
_To_ SLUDDER, _v. a._ To slur, to articulate indistinctly, S. B.
V. ~Slidder~, _v._
SLUGGIED, _pret._ Swallowed greedily, Moray.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _slock-en_, Su. G. _sluk-a_, Dan. _slug-e_, deglutire.
SLUGHORNE, SLOGGORNE, _s._
1. The watch-word used by troops in the field, S., _slogan_, S. A.
_Douglas._
2. Hereditary designation, appellation of a tribe.
_Bellenden._
Ir. _sluagh_, an army, and _corn_, a horn.
3. A peculiar quality viewed as inherent in those of one family or race.
_Ruddiman._
SLUMP, _s._ A remnant, S. B., Sw. id.
SLUMP, _s._ _By slump_, altogether, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _slump_, totum aliquod.
~Slump~, _adj._ Taken in gross, S.
_Wodrow._
~Slumpert~, _s._ A large quantity; properly, what is not measured, S. B.
SLUNG, _s._ A sling.
V. ~Slong~.
SLUNKIE, _s._ A tall thin person.
V. ~Slinkie~.
SLUSCH, SLUSH, _s._
1. Plashy ground, S.
_Ruddiman._
2. Snow, in a state of liquefaction, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
Su. G. _slask_, humor quicunque sordidus.
SLUTE, _adj._ Slovenly.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _slodde_, sordida et inculta mulier.
~Sluttrie~, _adj._ Slovenly, Loth.
SMA, _adj._ Small, S.
Alem. _sma_, Su. G. _smaa_, tenuis.
SMACHRY, _s._ Trash; a hodge-podge, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _smaelke_, quisquiliae.
_To_ SMAD, _v. a._ To stain, to discolour.
_Houlate._
Su. G. _smet-a_, Belg. _smett-en_, to soil.
~Smad~, _s._ A stain of any kind, S. B.
Belg. _smette_, id.; Teut. _smadde_, convitium.
SMAICHER, _s._ (gutt.) A fondling term for a child, S. B.
Su. G. _smekr-a_, blandiri.
_To_ SMAICHER, _v. n._ To eat clandestinely, especially what is
agreeable to the palate, Ang.
Alem. _smechare_, delicatus; _smak-a_, gustare.
SMAIK, _s._ A mean fellow, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
Isl. _smeik-r_, pusillanimis.
~Smaik~, _adj._ Small, puny.
_Dunbar._
~Smaikrie~, _s._
1. Pusillanimity.
_P. 16th Cent._
2. Roguery.
_Leg. St Androis._
SMAIR-DOKEN, _s._ Common dock, S. B.
Teut. _smaer_, Isl. _smyr_, unguentum.
_To_ SMAIRIE, _v. a._ To besmear, S. B.
Teut. _smeer-en_, linere, unguere.
SMALE FOLK, those of the lower class.
_Wyntown._
SMALIE, _adj._ Little, puny, S. B.
Isl. _smalig_, Germ. _smalik_, id.
_To_ SMASH, _v. a._
1. To shiver, S.
2. To hew down, in battle, S.
_Burns._
3. To beat severely, S.
Germ. _schmeiss-en_, to beat.
~Smash~, _s._
1. The state of being shivered, S.
_Journal Lond._
2. The shreds of any thing broken, S.
3. The sound of breaking, S.
Gael. _smuais_, broken in shivers.
SMATCHET, SMATCHED, SMATCHER, _s._
1. A contemptuous term for a man.
_Leg. St Androis._
2. Applied in the same sense to a child, S.; perhaps from _small_ and
_chit_.
_Montgomerie._
_To_ SMATTER, _v. n._
1. To be busily engaged about trivial matters, S.
2. To deal in small wares, S.
3. _To smatter awa'_, to spend in a trifling way, S.
4. _To smatter awa'_, to consume victuals, by eating often, and little
at a time, S.
~Smatters~, _s. pl._
1. Trifles. S.
2. Small sums, S.
SMATTIS, _s. pl._ New ale.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _smets_, praedulcis, mulseus.
SMEDDUM, _s._
1. The powder of ground malt, Ang.
2. Powder, of whatever kind, S. O.
_Burns._
3. Quickness of apprehension, S.
_Morison._
4. Spirit, mettle, S.
_Skinner._
5. Good sense and spirit united, S. B.
_Gl. Moray._
A. S. _smedma_, similago, pollen, the finest part of grain; thence
transferred to the mind.
_To_ SMEEK, _v. a._
1. To smoke, S.
A. S. _smec-an_.
_Ferguson._
2. To dry by smoke, S. B.
~Smeek, Smeik~, _s._ Smoke, S.
A. S. _smec_, id.
_Burns._
SMEETH, _adj._ Smooth, S. B.
A. S. _smethe_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Smeethly~, ~Smethely~, _adv._ Smoothly, S. B.
_Wyntown._
SMELT, _s._ The fry of salmon, S.
V. ~Smolt~.
SMERGH, _s._
1. Marrow, S. B.
2. Vigour of body in general, S. B.
3. Transferred to the mind, S. B.
_Beattie._
Gael. _smior_, id. Isl. pinguedo; Teut. _merghe_, with the
sibilation prefixed.
~Smerghless~, ~Smearless~, _adj._
1. Pithless, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Insipid, languid, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
3. Senseless, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
SMERVY, _adj._ Savoury, S. B.
_Ross._
Dan. _marv_, marrow; _s_ prefixed.
SMEWY, _adj._ Savoury, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
Dan. _smag_, savour, _smag-e_, to taste.
SMY, _s._ Perhaps, flatterer.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _smy-er_, to fawn, to flatter.
SMIDDY, _s._ A smith's work shop, S.
_Ruddiman._
Sw. _smedia_, A. S. _smiththe_, fabrile.
_To_ SMIKKER, _v. n._ To smile in a seducing manner.
_Gl. Sibb._
Sw. _smikr-a_, Dan. _smigr-e_, blandiri.
SMIRIKIN, SMEERIKIN, _s._ A hearty kiss, S. _smurachin_, Fife.
Su. G. _smirk-a_, to caress.
_To_ SMIRKLE, SMIRTLE, SMURTLE, _v. n._ To laugh in a suppressed way, S.
_Knox._
A. S. _smerc-ian_, subridere.
SMIT, _s._ A clashing noise.
_Minstr. Bord._
Teut. _smete_, ictus concussio.
_To_ SMIT, SMYT, _v. a._
1. To stain.
_Wyntown._
2. To infect, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _smit-an_, Su. G. _smitt-a_, inquinare.
~Smittle~, _adj._ Infectious, S.
_Ramsay._
Belg. _smettelick_, id.
~Smit~, ~Smyt~, _s._
1. A stain.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Used in a moral sense.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _smitta_, Belg. _smette_, macula.
SMYTRIE, _s._ A numerous collection of small individuals, Ayrs.
V. ~Smatters~.
_Burns._
SMLEFANGER, _s._ Sibbald.
SMOKE, _s._ An inhabited house, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SMOLT, SMOUT, _adj._ Clear, mild; applied to the weather.
_Douglas._
A. S. _smolt_, Su. G. _smylter_, serenus.
SMOLT, SMELT, SMELTE, _s._
1. The fry of salmon, S. _smout_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Su. G. _smol-a_, to crumble; _smotti_, frustulum.
2. Used to denote a child. S.
SMOOTRIKIN, _adj._ Tiny and active.
_Old Song._
Allied perhaps to _smiadr-a_, adulari.
_To_ SMORE, SMURE, SMOIR, _v. a._
1. To smother with smoke, S.
_Journ. Lond._
2. To choke, to suppress.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
3. To extinguish, Aberd.
4. To conceal, to hide, S.
_Douglas._
5. To prevent legal prosecution.
_Balfour._
A. S. _smor-an_, Teut. _smoor-en_, suffocare, extinguere.
_To_ ~Smore~, ~Smure~, _v. n._ To suffocate, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Smor'd thow.~
V. ~Thow~.
SMOT, SMOTE, SMOIT, _s._
1. A stain, in general, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. The mouldiness which gathers on what is kept in a damp place.
_Ibid._
3. The distinguishing mark put on sheep, S. A.
4. Moral pollution.
_Knox._
Su. G. _smuts_, Germ. _schmutz_, macula.
_To_ ~Smot~, _v. a._
1. To stain.
V. ~Smad~.
_Douglas._
2. To mark with ruddle, tar, &c. S.
SMOTTRIT, _part. pr._ Besmeared.
V. ~Besmottrit~.
_Douglas._
SMOUPSIE, _s._ A stripling, S. B.
_To_ SMOUTTER, _v. n._ To eat often, although little at a time, S. B.
Su. G. _smutt-a_, pitissare, from _smaa_, parvus.
_To_ SMUE, or SMUDGE, _v. n._ To laugh in one's sleeve. Loth.
Germ. _schmuts-en_, subridere.
SMUGLY, _adj._ Amorous, sly, being at the same time well dressed.
_Gl. Sibb._
Su. G. _smyck-a_, Belg. _smuyck-en_, ornare.
SMULACHIN, _adj._ Puny, looking poorly, S. B.
Gael. _smeilag_, a pale puny female.
SMURACHIN, _s._
V. ~Smirikin~.
_To_ SMURE, _v. a._
V. ~Smore~.
SMURR, _s._ A drizzling rain, Ayrs. Lanerks.
Teut. _smoor_, fumus, vapor.
_To_ SMURTLE, _v. n._
V. ~Smirtle~.
SMURLIN, _s._ The Mya truncata.
_Neill._
SMUSH, _s._ A sulphurous smell, caused by smoke and dust, Fife.
Germ. _schmutz_, dirt, nastiness.
SNAB, _s._ The projecting part of a rock or hill, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Belg. _snabbe_, a beak or snout.
SNAB, _s._ A shoemaker's or cobler's boy, S. A. _snob_, S. B.
Teut. _snipp-en_, to cut.
SNACK, _adj._
1. Quick in action.
_Semple._
Isl. _snogg_, celer, citus.
2. Quick of apprehension, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Applied to the product of genius.
_Id._
~Snackly~, _adv._
1. Cleverly, S.
2. With intelligence, S.
_Ramsay._
~Snackie~, _adj._ Full of tricks and quirks.
_Pop. Ball._
SNACK, _s._ A slight repast, S.
V. ~Snak~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SNACK, _v. n._ To snap as a dog.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ SNAG, _v. n._ To snarl, Fife.
Teut. _snack-en_, latrare, gannire; Isl. _snagg-a_, litigare.
~Snaggy~, _adj._ Sarcastical, Fife.
_A. Doug._
~Snaggin~, _s._ Raillery.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ ~Snagger~, _v. n._ To snarl.
_Ruddiman._
SNAK, _s._ The gnashing of a dog's teeth, when he aims at his prey, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _snack-en_, hianti ore captare.
_To_ SNAP _up, v.a._
1. To eat hastily, S.
2. To lay hold of suddenly, S.
_Baillie._
Su. G. _snapp-a_, to catch hastily.
_To_ SNAP, _v. n._ To make a hasty attempt to speak.
_A. Nicol._
Belg. _snapp-en_, to tattle impudently.
~Snapsy~, _adj._ Tart, S. B.
_A. Nicol._
~Snappert~, _adj._ Tart, hasty, S. B.
Isl. _snaefur_, tart, Teut. _snapper_, loquacious.
SNAP. _In a snap_, in a moment, S. B.
Belg. _met een snap_, id.
_Ross._
~Snaply~, _adv._ hastily, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _snap_, raptus.
SNAP DYKE, a stone fence, from four to six feet in height, strong and
firmly locked together at the top, S. O.
Teut. _snap_, interceptio.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SNAPPER, _v. n._
1. To stumble, S.
_Kelly._
2. To get into a scrape, S.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _snafw-a_, titubare; _snabb_, celer.
~Snapper~, _s._
1. A stumble, S.
2. A failure as to morals, S.
_R. Bruce._
SNAP-WORK, SNAPWARK, _s._ A firelock.
_Cleland._
Belg. _snaphaan_, a _cock_ that _snaps_.
SNARRE, _adj._
1. Tart, severe. S. B.
2. Rigid, firm to the grasp, S. B.
Isl. _snar_, acer; Belg. _snar_, snarling.
_To_ SNASH, _v. n._ To talk saucily, S.
Su. G. _snaes-a_, verbis asperioribus corripere.
~Snash~, _s._ Abuse, Billingsgate, S.
_Burns._
~Snash~, _adj._ Pert, saucy, S.
_Morison._
SNATCH, _s._ A hasty repast.
V. ~Snack~, _s._
_Boswell._
SNAW, _s._ Snow, S. _snauw_, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
A. S. _snaw_, id. Belg. _sneeuw_.
~Snaw-bru~, ~Snaw-broo~, _s._ Snow-water, S.
_Burns._
~Snawie~, _adj._ Snowy, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SNECK, SNEG, _v. a._
1. To cut with a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument, S.
_Ramsay._
2. _To sneg off at the web's end_, to cut off one's hopes, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _schneck-en_, scindere.
3. _To sneck_ with lime, to make indentations in a wall, filling the
blanks with lime; or, in building, to insert a small quantity between
the stones in the outer side, S.
~Sneck, Sneg~, _s._ A small incision, a cut suddenly given, S.
_Ross._
SNECK, SNICK, _s._
1. The latch of a door, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _snack-en_, captare.
2. A small bolt, S.
_To_ ~Sneck~ _the door_, to fix it by a latch, S.
_Ross._
~Sneck-drawer~, ~Snick-drawer~, _s._ _Auld sneck-drawer_, one who, from
long experience, has acquired great facility in doing any thing;
generally used in a bad sense, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Sneck-drawin~, _adj._ Crafty, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SNED, _v. a._
1. To prune; S., _snath_, S. Bor.
_Ruddiman._
2. To lop off, S.
_Burns._
3. To remove excrescences.
_Z. Boyd._
4. To emasculate, S.
Teut. _snijd-en_, secare; castrare.
~Sneddins~, _s. pl._ Prunings, or twigs lopped off, S.
Teut. _snede_, a slice.
SNEER, _s._
1. The act of inhalation by the nostrils, Fife.
2. A snort, S.
_Minstr. Bord._