1. Snuff, S.
_Ritson._
2. A pinch of snuff, S.
_Meston._
~Sneeshin-mill~, ~Snishin-box~, _s._ A snuff-box, S.
_Colvil._
_To_ SNEG, _v. a._ To cut.
V. ~Sneck~.
_To_ SNEIR, _v. n._ Perh. move swiftly.
_Bannatyne P._
Isl. _snar-a_, celeriter auferre.
SNEIRLY, _adv._ In derision.
_Burel._
SNEIST, _s._ A taunt, Loth.
V. ~Snisty~.
SNEITH, _adj._ Uncertain.
_Douglas._
SNELL, _adj._
1. Keen, severe, S.
_Wallace._
2. Sharp, piercing; applied to the temperature of the air, S.
_Douglas._
3. Sarcastic; transferred to language.
_Ross._
4. Firm, determined, S.
_Ramsay._
5. Acute; in relation to mind, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _snel_, Su. G. Teut. _snell_, acer, alacer.
~Snelly~, _adv._
1. Sharply, S.
_Shirrefs._
2. Keenly; applied to the weather, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SNERE, SNEER, _v. a._ To breathe forth.
Isl. _snerri_, sternutatio.
_Doug._
SNET. L. _suet_, q. v.
_Barbour._
_To_ SNIB _a door_, to fasten it with a small bolt, S.
E. and S. _snib_, q. to put a _check_ on it.
_To_ SNIB _a candle_, to snuff it, Loth.
Su. G. _snopp-a_, emungere; de candela.
_To_ SNIFFLE, _v. n._ To be slow in motion or action, S.
Belg. _snefel-en_, to hesitate.
SNIFTER, _s._
1. A severe blast, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _snaefur_, frigidus, austerus.
2. Any sudden reverse of fortune, S.
3. A cutting repartee, S. B.
4. The effect of a strong purgative, S. B.
_To_ SNIFTER, _v. n._ To sniff, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _snyfst-a_, id.
~Snifters~, _s. pl._ Stoppage of the nostrils from cold.
_To_ SNYP, _v. n._ To nip.
_Douglas._
Belg. _snipp-en_, id.
SNIPE, _s._ A sarcasm, Loth.
Isl. _sneipa_, convitium; _sneip-a_, contumelia afficere.
~Snippy~, _adj._ Tart in speech, S.
Isl. _snaef-ur_, acer, austerus.
SNIPPY, _s._ One who, in using the scissars, gives too short measure,
Ang.
Teut. _snipp-en_, secare.
SNIPPIT, _adj._ Applied to a horse with a white face, S. B.
SNIPPIT, _adj._ _A snippit niz_, a snub nose, Ang.
Isl. _snoppa_, rostrum.
SNISTER, _s._ A severe blast in the face, Ang.
SNISTY, _adj._ Saucy in language or demeanour, S. B.
Su. G. _snaes-a_, Isl. _snefs-a_, to chide severely.
_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ To snuff; applied to a candle, S.
Su. G. _snyta liuset_, emungere lucernam.
SNYTH, _s._ The coot, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _snoed_, bald, from its head.
_To_ SNOCKER, _v. n._ To snort, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Dan. _snorck-er_, Belg. _snork-en_, id.
~Snocker~, _s._ A snort, S.
SNOD, _adj._
1. Lopped, pruned, S.
_Hudson._
2. Neat; regarding the shape.
_Doug._
3. Trim, S.; synon. _trig_.
_R. Galloway._
4. Transferred to literary compositions.
The pret. of the _v._ ~Sned~.
_R. Galloway._
_To_ ~Snod~, _v. a._
1. To prune, S.
2. To put in order, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SNOIF, _v. a._ To whirl, applied to the spindle.
V. ~Snoove~.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sno_, contorquere.
SNOIT, _s._ Mucus from the nose.
A. S. _snote_, id.
_Watson._
_To_ SNOKE, SNOOK, SNOWK, _v. n._
1. To smell at objects like a dog, S. Douglas.
2. To range, prying into every corner, S.
Su. G. _snok-a_, insidiose scrutari.
SNOOD, _s._ A short hair-line, to which a fishing-hook is tied, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _snod_, funiculus; _sno_, to twist.
SNOOD, SNOID, SNUDE, _s._ A fillet with which the hair of a young
woman's head is bound up, S.
_Pennant._
A. S. _snod_, vitta.
_To_ ~Snood~, _v. a._ To bind up the hair with a fillet, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ SNOOK, _v. n._
V. ~Snoke~.
_To_ SNOOL, _v. a._ To subjugate by tyrannical means, pron. _snule_, S.
Dan. _snovl-er_, to snub.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Snool~, _v. n._ To submit tamely, S.
_Burns._
~Snool~, _s._ One who meanly subjects himself to the authority of
another.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SNOOVE, (pron. _snuve_), _v. n._
1. To move smoothly and constantly, S.
2. To walk with an equal and steady pace, S.
_Burns._
3. _To snuve awa'_, to sneak off, S.
Ir. _snoimh-am_, nere, torquere.
SNORL, _s._ A difficulty, a scrape, S. B.
Su. G. _snoere_, Teut. _snoer_, funis.
SNOTTER, _s._
1. Snot at a child's nose, S.
2. Any thing that has no value.
_Cleland._
Fland. _snotter_, rheuma, catarrhus.
_To_ ~Snotter~, _v. n._ To breathe hard through the nostrils.
_Ramsay._
SNOW-FLAKE, SNOW-FLIGHT, SNOW-FOWL, _s._ Snow-bunting, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SNUDE, _s._
V. ~Snood~, _s._ 2.
SNUFFE, _s._ A disorder in the nostrils.
_Watson._
Teut. _snuf_, defluxio capitis ad nares.
_To_ SNUG, _v. a._
1. To push with the head or horn, Ang.
2. To reprimand with severity, Ang.
Isl. _snaegg-ia_, duris et asperis verbis excipere.
~Snug~, _s._ A stroke, a push, Ang.
SNUGS, _s. pl._ Small branches lopped off from a tree, S. B.
V. ~Sneck~.
SNUK, SNUKE, _s._ A small promontory.
Teut. _snoecks_, nasutulus.
_Wallace._
_To_ SNURL, _v. a._ To ruffle or wrinkle.
Dan. _snurd-a_, ruga.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SNURL, _v. n._ To contract like hard twisted yarn, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
Isl. _snurd-a_, id.
~Snurlie~, _adj._ Knotty, S. B.
SOAKIE, _adj._ Plump, in full habit, Loth.
SOAM, _s._
V. ~Sowme~.
SOB, _s._ A land-storm, S. B.
V. ~Summer-sob~.
SOBIR, SOBYR, SOBER, _adj._
1. Poor, mean, S.
Belg. _sobere_, id.
_Douglas._
2. Little, small, S.
_Rollocke._
3. Weak, feeble.
_Bannatyne P._
4. In a poor state of health, S.
5. Sometimes denoting a moderate state of health, S.
6. Applied to a person or thing that does not merit commendation, S.
_To_ ~Sober, Sobyr~, _v. a._ To compose, to keep under, S.
_Wallace._
SOC, SOCK, SOK, _s._ The right of a baron, to hold a court within his
own domains, S.
A. S. _soc_, curia, jurisdictio.
~Soccoman~, ~Sockman~, _s._
1. One who holds lands by soccage.
_Reg. Maj._
2. A tenant subjected to certain restrictions, and bound to perform
certain services, Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ SOCHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To make much of one's self, to live
delicately, particularly by the use of palatable draughts, S.
Gael. _socair_, ease, rest; _sogh_, delicacy.
SOCK, SOK, _s._ A ploughshare, S.
Fr. _soc_, id.
_Pal. Hon._
SODDIS, SODDS, _s. pl._ A sort of saddle used by the lower classes, made
of cloth stuffed, S.
_Maitland P._
A. S. _seod_, pl. _seodas_, a sack.
SODIOUR, _s._ A soldier.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _sodoier_, id.
SODROUN, SUDROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._
1. Englishmen.
_Wallace._
2. The English language, as distinguished from the Scottish.
_Douglas._
Q. _southern_, A. S. _sutherne_.
SOY, _s._ Silk.
Fr. _soye_.
_Ritson._
SOILYIE, _s._ Soil.
V. ~Sulye~.
SOYME, _s._ A rope.
V. ~Sowme~.
SOIT, SOYT, _s._
1. An assize.
_Stat. Rob. II._
2. Attendance on an overlord by his vassals, in the court held by him.
_Skene._
Fr. _suite_, sequela.
~Soytour~, ~Soyter~, _s._
1. One appearing in a court, as the vassal of another.
_Skene._
2. One employed by another to manage his business in court.
_Quon. Att._
SOITH, _s._ Truth.
A. S. _soth_.
_Douglas._
~Soithfast~, _adj._
V. ~Suthfast~.
_To_ SOKE, _v. n._ To slacken, Pink.
Teut. _swijck-en_, to subside.
_K. Hart._
SOLACE, _s._ Sport.
_Douglas._
~Solacious~, _s._ Cheerful.
_Barbour._
SOLAND, SOLAND GOOSE, _s._ The gannet, S.
_Houlate._
Norw. _sule_, Isl. _sula_, id.
_To_ SOLD, _v. a._ To solder.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _soud-er_, Ital. _sold-are_, id.
SOLD, _s._
1. A weight, ingot, S. _sowd_.
_Douglas._
2. Money in general.
_Wallace._
Teut. _sold_, _soud_, stipendium; A. S. _seod_, a purse.
SOLESHOE, _s._ A piece of iron on that part of a plough on which the
share is fixed, Fife.
Su. G. _sko_, denotes whatever strengthens the extremity of any
thing.
SOLYEING, _s._ The act of solving.
O. Fr. _sol-er_, soivere.
_Priests Peblis._
SOLIST, _adj._ Careful, anxious; Lat. _solicit-us_.
_Compl. S._
_To_ SOLIST, _v. a._ To solicit.
_Douglas._
~Solistare~, _s._ A solicitor.
_Acts Ja. V._
SON, _s_. The sun.
Belg. _son_, id.
_Douglas._
SONCE, _s._ Prosperity.
V. ~Sons~.
_To_ SONYIE, SUNYIE, _v. n._
1. To care, to regard.
_Bannatyne P._
2. To be anxious, as implying a fearful apprehension of the future.
_Wallace._
3. To be diligent.
_Lyndsay._
4. Denoting hesitation, in consequence of anxious thought.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _soign-er_, to care, to be diligent.
~Sonyhe~, ~Sunye~, _s._
1. Care.
_Wallace._
2. Anxiety.
_Priests Peblis._
3. Pains, industry.
_Montgomerie._
Fr. _soing_, care, diligence.
_To_ SONK, _v. n._ To drivel, to loiter.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _siunk-a_, to sink; _sink-a_, tardare.
SONK, _s._
1. Such a seat as may be used as a couch.
_Douglas._
A. S. _song_, Su. G. _saeng_, a couch.
2. A grassy seat, S.
_Douglas._
3. A wreath of straw, used as a cushion, or a load saddle.
_Godscroft._
SONOUNDAY, _s._ Sunday.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sunnan-daeg_, id.
SONS, SONCE, _s._
1. Prosperity, felicity, Loth.
_Dunbar._
2. Abundance.
_Wyntown._
Gael. Ir. _sonas_, prosperity, happiness.
~Sonsy~, ~Sonse~, _adj._
1. Lucky, fortunate, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. Good-humoured, well-conditioned, S.
_Pop. Ball._
3. Having a pleasant look, S.
_Burns._
4. Plump, thriving, S.
_Ramsay._
5. Denoting fullness, conjoined with cordiality in the host.
_Kelly._
_To_ SOOCH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To swill, S.
E. _swig_; Isl. _siug-a_, sorbeo.
~Sooch~, _s._ A copious draught, S.
_To_ SOOGH, _v. n._
V. ~Souch~, _v._
SOOTH, _adj._ True, S.
V. ~Soith~.
_Kelly._
SOOTY-SKON, _s._ A cake baked with _soot_, to be eaten on _Halloween_,
S. B.
SOP, _s._ A slight meal.
V. ~Soup~.
_Barbour._
SOP, _s._ Juice, moisture.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sop_, liquamen, liquor.
SOP, SOPE, _s._
1. A crowd.
_Barbour._
2. Any body, consisting of a variety of parts or particles conjoined.
_Douglas._
Isl. _sopp-ur_, pila, sphaera.
_To_ SOPE, SOUP, _v. n._ To become weary, to faint.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _swaif_, cessavit; A. S. _swaef-ian_, deficere.
SOPHAM, SOPHINE, _s._ A sophism; Fr. _sophime_.
_Wallace._
SOPPES DE MAYN, some restorative cordial.
_Sir Gawan._
SORDANE, _adj._ Perhaps, private.
Fr. _sourdine_, id.
Dunbar.
SORDES, _s._ Filth, S. B.
_Law Case._
Lat. _sordes_, id.; Isl. _saurd-a_, to defile.
~Sordid~, _pret._ Defiled.
_Barbour._
SORE, _adj._ A sorrel or reddish colour.
Fr. _saure_, id.
_Douglas._
SORY. L. _scry_, cry.
_Wallace._
SORING, _part. pr._ Bewailing.
_Burel._
A. S. _sorg-ian_, lugere.
_To_ SORN, SORNE, _v. n._
1. To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board, S.
_Macbean._
2. Denoting the depredations made by an invading army.
_Muse's Thren._
O. Fr. _sejourn-er_, commorari.
_To_ ~Soiorne~, _v. a._ To quarter, to lodge forcibly.
_Acts Ja. I._
~Sornare~, ~Sorner~, _s._ One who takes free quarters, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
SORROW, _s._ A term unwarrantably used in imprecations, or strong
asseverations, equivalent to E. _plague_, _pox_, &c. or _fiend_,
_de'il_.
_Leg. St Androis._
SOSS, _s._ A mixture of incongruous kinds of food, S.
O. Fr. Teut. _sausse_, condimentum, _sauss-en_, condire.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. a._ To mix in a strange manner, S.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. n._ To use incongruous aliments or medicines mixed
together, S.
SOSS, _s._ The flat sound caused by a heavy but soft body, when it comes
hastily to the ground, or squats down, S. _souse_, E.
_Ramsay._
SOT, _s._ A fool, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ SOTTER, _v. n._
1. To boil slowly, S.
A. S. _seoth-an_, Isl. _siod-a_, to boil.
2. Used to denote the bubbling noise made by any thing in boiling, S.
_To_ SOUCH, SOOGH, SWOUCH, (gutt.) _v. n._
1. To emit a rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Douglas._
2. To breathe long as in sleep, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Sough~, _v. a._ To con over a tune, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
A. S. _swog-an_, sonare, tinnire; part. pr. _swogend_, S.
_souchand_.
~Souch~, ~Sowch~, ~Sugh~, ~Swouch~, _s._
1. A rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Burns._
2. The sound emitted during profound sleep.
_Douglas._
3. A deep sigh, S. O.
_Burns._
4. Equivalent to E. _cant_, S.
_Meston._
A. S. _sweg_, _swege_, sonus, clangor.
SOUCH, _adj._ Silent, quiet, S. _To keep souch_, to be silent.
A. S. _swig-an_, _swug-an_, id.
~Souch~, _s._ Silence, S.
A. S. _swig_, id.
SOUCH, _pret. v._ Deserted.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swic-an_, to deliver up; or Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
SOUCHT, _pret._ Assailed by arms.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soek-a_, violenter invadere.
SOUCYE, _s._ The heliotrope, S.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _souci_, _soulsie_, a marigold, a heliotrope, q. _sol sequens_.
SOUD, _s._ A quantity, S. B.
V. ~Sold~.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUDIE, _s._ A gross heavy person, S.
Isl. _sodi_, homo sordidus.
SOUDLAND, _s._ One who comes from the south country, S. B.
SOUDLY, _adj._ Soiled.
V. ~Suddle~.
_Wall._
SOUDOUN LAND, the land of the Soldan or Sultan.
_Bannatyne P._
SOVER, SOVIR, _adj._ Secure; Fr. _seur_.
_Bannatyne P._
~Souerance~, _s._
1. Assurance.
_Wallace._
2. Safe conduct.
_Wallace._
SOVERANIS, _s._ L. _severanis_, difference; O. Fr. _sevr-er_, to
separate.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SOUF, SOUFF, _v. n._
1. To sleep in a disturbed manner, S. B.
Su. G. _sofw-a_, A. S. _swef-an_, id.
2. To breathe high in sleep, S. B.
Teut. _soeff-en_, spirare; A. S. _seof-ian_, to moan.
3. To whistle in a low tone, S. A.
_Ferguson._
4. To con over a tune on an instrument.
_Ramsay._
~Souf~, ~Souff~, _s._
1. A disturbed sleep, S. B.
2. High breathing in sleep, S. B.
3. Low whistle, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
4. Strain, humour, S.
_To_ SOUFF, _v. n._ To strike, S. B.
Isl. _sweip-a_, percutere.
SOUKS, SOUKIES, _s. pl._ The flower of red clover, S., from being
_sucked_ by children.
SOULDER CRAB, the cancer bernardus.
_Sibbald._
SOULE, _s._ A swivel.
V. ~Sule~.
_Lyndsay._
SOUM, SOWME, _s._ The relative proportion of cattle or sheep to pasture,
or _vice versa_, S.
1. _A soum of sheep_, five sheep, in some places ten, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. _A soum of grass_, as much as will pasture one cow, or five sheep, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Sw. _sum_ is equivalent to _tal_, number.
_To_ ~Soum~ _land_, to calculate and fix what number of cattle or sheep
it can support, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ ~Soum~ and ~Roum~, to pasture in summer, and fodder in winter, S.
V. ~Rowme~, v.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUMS, _s. pl._ The _sounds_ of the cod dried for food, Shetl.
Dan. _swomm-e_, to swim.
SOUNDS (of a fish), _s. pl._ The swimming bladder, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _sund_, natatio.
_To_ SOUP, SOOP, _v. a._ To sweep, S.
Su. G. _sop-a_, id.
_Lyndsay._
SOUP, SUP, _s._
1. The quantity of spoonmeat taken into the mouth at once, S.
2. A mouthful of liquor, S.
_Dunbar._
3. A considerable quantity of drink, or of any thin food, S.
_Forbes._
Isl. _sope_, a draught, _saup_, spoonmeat.
SOUPAND, _part. pr._ Sobbing, or groaning.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _seof-ian_, ingemiscere.
SOUPLE, _s._ The part of a flail which strikes the grain, S.
_Pop. Ball._
Isl. _sweip-a_, to strike.
SOUR-KIT, _s._ A dish of coagulated cream, S.
_Compl. S._
SOURMILK, _s._ Buttermilk, S.
Sw. _sur mioelk_, id.
SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ Sorrel, S.
_Lightfoot._
Germ. _saurach_, Teut. _suerick_, id.
~Sheep's Sourock~, a species of sorrel.
_Lightfoot._
_To_ SOURSE, _v. n._ To rise.
_Douglas._
Lat. _surg-o_, _-exi_, id.
SOUSE, _s._ A French sol, O. Fr. _solz_.
_Evergreen._
SOUST FEET, cow-heel, S.
_Shirrefs._
SOUTAR, SOUTER, _s._
1. A shoemaker, S. A. S. _sutere_, Lat. _sutor_.
_Evergr._
2. One who makes _brogues_ or shoes of horse-leather, Ang.
~Souter's Brandy~, a cant phrase for buttermilk, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
SOUTH, _s._ A whistling sound.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _sucht_, a sigh; or a corr. of ~Souch~.
SOUTHRON, SOTHERON, SOUDRON, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an
Englishman, corr. _Southern_.
V. ~Sodrown~.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ SOUTT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.
Teut. _sucht-en_, suspirare, gemere.
SOW, _s._ A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those
who were employed to undermine walls.
_Barbour._
Isl. _graf-suin_, q. the _digging sow_, as meant to cover those who
dug under the wall.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S.
pron. _soo_.
_L. Hailes._
Teut. _soeuw_, gleba qua agger conficitur.
_To_ ~Sow~, ~Soo~, _v. a._ To stack, S.
SOW, _s._
1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.
Teut. _souwe_, a common shore.
2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.
_To_ SOW, _v. a._ To pierce, to gall.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Sow~, _v. n._ To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.
_Wyntown._
Sw. _swid-a_, Dan. _swi-e_, to smart.
~Sowing~, _s._ The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. _sooin_;
tingling pain.
_Barbour._
SOW-BACK, _s._ A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated
from its curved shape.
SOWCE, _s._ Flummery; such as _brose_, _sowens_, or oat-meal pottage.
_Gl. Sibb._
SOW-DAY, _s._ The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick,
Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family
that has a herd of swine.
_Statist. Acc._
SOWE, _s._ A winding-sheet.
_Second Sight._
Gael. _soadh_, a bed.
SOWEN, _s._ The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in
working, S.
A. S. _seawe_, Belg. _sogh_, paste.
~Sowens~, _s. pl._ Flummery, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Sowens-porridge~, _s._ Pottage, made of cold _sowens_, by mixing meal
with them while on the fire, Ang.
SOWERIT, _part. pa._ Assured.
_Wallace._
SOWLIS, _s. pl._ Swivels.
_Lyndsay._
SOWLPIT, drenched.
V. ~Sowp~.
_To_ SOWME, _v. n._ To swim, S.
_Philotus._
SOWME, _s._ Number.
_Wyntown._
SOWME, _s._ A load carried by a horse.
_Wallace._
Teut. _somme_, A. S. _seom_, onus.
~Sowmir~, _s._ A sumpter-horse.
_Wallace._
Fr. _sommier_, id.
SOWME, SOYME, _s._
1. The rope or chain that passes between the horses, by which the plough
is drawn, S. _soam_.
_Douglas._
2. The rope by which hay is fastened on a cart.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soem_, that which conjoins two bodies.
_To_ SOWP, _v. a._
1. To drench, S.
_Doug._
2. Metaph. in reference to grief.
_Houlate._
3. Applied to one who is much emaciated, S.
Teut. _sopp-en_, intingere; Fr. _soupi_, dull.
_To_ SOWTH, _v. n._ To whistle in a low tone, S. O.
V. ~Souch~.
_Burns._
SPAAD, _s._ A spade, Aberd.
Dan. _spaad_.
_To_ SPACE, _v. a._
1. To measure by paces, S.
2. To take long steps with a solemn air.
_Knox._
Belg. _pass-en_, to measure; with _s_ prefixed.
~Space~, _s._ A pace, S. B.
_Law Case._
_To_ SPACIER, _v. n._ To walk, S.
Belg. _spacier-en_, id.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ SPAE, SPAY, _v. n._
1. To foretel, S.
_Shirrefs._
2. To foretoken.
_Douglas._
3. To bode, to forebode.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _spa_, Dan. _spaa-er_, to foretel.
~Spae-book~, _s._ A book of necromancy.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Spae-craft~, _s._ The act of foretelling. S.
_Ramsay._
~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._
1. A prophet, a diviner.
_Bellenden._
2. A male fortuneteller, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.
~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.
SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.
Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.
SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._
1. The spoke of a wheel, S.
_Douglas._
2. A bar (or lever) of wood.
_Acts Ja. III._
Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.
3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave,
S.
_Spalding._
4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.
_Lyndsay._
SPAIL, _s._
V. ~Spale~.
_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.
_Monroe._
Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.
~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being
weaned, S.
_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.
_Barbour._
Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.
_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._
1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.
2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.
3. To sully by reproach, S.
_Burns._
Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.
~Spairge~, _s._
1. A sprinkling, S.
2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.
3. A dash of contumely, S.
SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._
1. A flood, S.
_Douglas._
2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.
_More._
3. Fluency of speech, S.
_Ruddiman._
Gael. _speid_, a great river flood; perh. from _spe_, froth.
SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, _s._
1. The shoulder.
_Polwart._
2. A joint; as, _lang spauls_, long limbs, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _espaule_, C. B. _yspolde_, the shoulder.
~Black spauld~, a disease of cattle, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, _s._
1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt
the beams, S. B.
Su. G. _spiaell_, segmentum, lamina.
2. A chip; Sw. _spiaela_, id.
_Douglas._
3. A shaving of wood, S.
Fr. _spolla_, the shavings of wood.
_To_ SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.
V. ~Spayn~.
_To_ SPANG, _v. n._
1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.
_Douglas._
2. _v. a._ To cause to spring.
_Douglas._
3. _To spang o'er_, metaph. to overleap.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _spenn-a_, Germ. _spann-en_, to extend.
~Spang~, _s._
1. The act of springing, S.
_Douglas._
2. A fillip.
_Ruddiman._
~Spangie~, _s._ The game in E. called _Boss and Span_.
~Spangie-hewit~, _s._ A barbarous operation of boys to young
yellow-hammers, S.
SPANGIS, _s. pl._ Spangles.
_K. Quair._
Teut. _spanghe_, Isl. _spaung_, lamina.
SPANYEART, _s._ A spaniel.
_Douglas._
_To_ SPANYS, _v. n._ To blow fully.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _espanouissement_, full blow of a flower.
_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To move with quickness and elasticity, S.
From _Spang_, v.; or Isl. _spink-a_, decursitare.
~Spanker~, _s._
1. One who walks with a quick and elastic motion, S.
2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.
_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or shine.
Teut. _spange_, lamina.
_Gl. Sibb._
SPAR, ~A-Spar~, _adv._ In a state of opposition, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _sperr-a_, distendere; repagulis munire.
SPARE, _s._
1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.
_Skene._
2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. _spaiver_, S.
B.
SPARE, _adj._
1. Barren.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Lean, meagre.
_Morison._
A. S. _spaer_, parcus.
_To_ SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.
~Spark~, _s._
1. A small spot of mire, S.
2. A small portion of any thing.
_Wife of Auchtermuchty._
SPARKLE, _s._ A spark.
SPARKLIT.
V. ~Spreckled~.
SPARLING, SPIRLING, _s._ A smelt, S.
_Sibbald._
Germ. _spierling_; Lat. _eperlan-us_, id.
_To_ SPARPELL, SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse; Fr. _esparpill-er_.
_Douglas._
_To_ SPARS, _v. a._ To spread, to propagate.
_Knox._
Lat. _sparg-o_, _spars-um_, id.
_To_ SPARTLE, _v. n._ To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
V. ~Sprattle~.
SPAT, _s._ The spawn of oysters, Loth.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _spad_, jus, humor.
_To_ SPAVE, _v. a._ To spay, Galloway.
_Statist. Acc._
Lat. _spad-o_, C. B. _dyspaddu_, id.
SPAUL, _s._ A limb.
V. ~Spald~.
SPEANLIE, _adv._ Uncertain.
_Houlate._
SPECHT, _s._ A wood-pecker, S.
_Houlate._
Germ. _specht_, Sw. _specke_, id.
SPECIALTÉ, _s._ Peculiar regard.
_Barbour._
SPECTACLES (of a fowl), _s. pl._ The merry-thought, S.
_To_ SPEDE, _v. n._ To speed, E.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _sped-ian_, Alem. id., Belg. _spoed-en_.
~Spede~, _s._ _To cum spede_, to have success, S.
_Douglas._
SPEEN-DRIFT, SPINDRIFT, _s._ The snow when drifted from the ground by a
whirling motion, S. B.; _spune-drift_, S. A.
_Journ. Lond._
Q. _spinning_ drift, from its whirling motion.
SPEERE, _s._ A hole in the wall of a house, through which the family
received and answered the inquiries of strangers.
V. ~Spire~, s.
_Ritson._
SPEICE, _s._ Pride.
_Dunbar._
SPEIDFUL, _adj._ Expedient.
_Barbour._
From A. S. _sped_, success.
SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
V. ~Spek~.
SPEIKINTARE, _s._ Supposed to be the sea-swallow.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb.
V. ~Spele~.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ To ask, S.
V. ~Spere~.
SPEK, SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPELD, _v. a._ To expand.
_Henrysone._
Germ. _spelt-en_, Su. G. _spial-a_, to divide.
~Spelding~, ~Speldev~, ~Speldrin~, _s._ A small fish split, and dried in
the sun, S.
_Boswell._
_To_ ~Spelder~, _v. a._ To spread open, S.
_To_ SPELE, SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb, S.
_Douglas._
SPELING, _s._ Instruction.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _spell-ian_, docere.
_To_ SPELK, _v. a._ To support by splinters, S.
_Rutherford._
A. S. _spelc-ean_, Su. G. _spiaelk-a_, id.
_To_ SPELL, _v. a._ To tell, to narrate.
_Houlate._
A. S. _spell-ian_, Isl. _spial-a_, narrare.
_To_ ~Spell~, _v. n._ To discourse.
_Pop. Ball._
~Spell~, ~Spele~, _s._ Narrative.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _spel_, a discourse, a history.
_To_ SPEND, _v. n._
1. To spring, Loth.
2. To gallop, Loth.
V. ~Spyn~.
SPENS, SPENCE, _s._
1. The place where provisions are kept, S.
Fr. _despence_, id.
_Henrysone._
2. The interior apartment of a country-house, S.
3. The place where the family sit at meat, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
~Spens~, ~Spensar~, ~Spensere~, _s._ The clerk of a kitchen.