STULT, _adj._ Having the appearance of intrepidity, or of haughtiness.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _stolt_, Isl. _stollt-ur_, magnificus, fastuosus.
STUMFISH, _adj._ Strong, rank; applied to grain when growing, Loth.
Tweed.
Germ. _stumpf_, blunt, denoting a trunk wanting the top.
_To_ STUMMER, _v. n._ To stumble.
Isl. _stumr-a_, cespitare.
_Douglas._
_To_ STUMP, _v. n._
1. To go on one leg, S.
Teut. _stompe_, mutilatum membrum.
2. To go about stoutly; at times implying the idea of heaviness,
clumsiness, or stiffness in motion, S.
_Burns._
~Stumpie~, _adj._ Mutilated, S.
Su. G. _stumpig_, curtus, mutilatus.
~Stumpie~, _s._ Any thing that is mutilated, S.
_To_ STUNAY, _v. a._
V. ~Stonay~.
_To_ STUNGLE, _v. a._ Slightly to sprain any joint or limb, S. B.
E. _stun_, or Fr. _estonn-er_.
STUNKARD, _adj._
V. ~Stonkerd~.
STUPE, _s._ A foolish person, S. B.
Teut. _stuype_, defectio animi.
STURDY, _s._ A vertigo, a disease to which black cattle when young, as
well as sheep, are subject, S.
_Stat. Acc._
O. Fr. _estourdi_, dizzy-headed, Su. G. _stort-a_, to fall or rush
headlong.
STURE, STUR, STOOR, _adj._
1. Strong, robust, S.
_Barbour._
2. Rough in manner, austere, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. Rough, hoarse, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
Su. G. _stor_, anc. _stur_, ingens, Isl. _styrdr_, asper.
STURNE, _s._ Trouble, vexation.
_Barbour._
Belg. _stoor-en_, to trouble, _stoorenis_, disturbance.
STUROCH, _s._ Meal and milk, or meal and water stirred together, Perths.
Teut. _stoor-en_, to stir.
_To_ STURT, _v. a._ To vex, to trouble, S.
_Burns._
Su.G. _stoert-a_, Germ. _sturz-en_, praecipitare, deturbare.
~Sturt~, _s._
1. Trouble, vexation, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Wrath, indignation, S. B.
_Chr. Kirk._
Dan. _stird_, _styrt_, strife.
_To_ ~Sturt~, _v. n._ To startle, S.
_Burns._
~Sturtsumnes~, _s._ Crossness of temper.
_Maitland P._
_To_ STUT, _v. a._ To prop, to support with stakes or pillars, S.;
_steet_, Aberd.
Isl. _styd-ia_, _stod-a_, id.
_Pop. Ball._
~Stut~, _s._ A prop, a support, S.
Belg. _stut_, A. S. _studu_, Isl. _stud_, id.
STUTHERIE, _s._ A confused mass, S. B. perhaps the same with
~Stouthrie~, _s._ 2.
STUVAT, STEWAT, _s._ A person in a state of violent perspiration.
_Lyndsay._
O. Fr. _estuv-er_, to stew; Ital. _stufat-o_, stewed.
SUAWE, SWAY, _conj. adv._ So.
V. ~Sa~.
_Barbour._
SUBCHETT, SUBDITT, _s._ A subject.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _soubject_; Lat. _subdit-us_.
SUBERBYLLIS, _s. pl._ Suburbs.
O. Fr. _suborbies_, id.
_Bellenden._
SUBMISSE, _adj._ Submissive; O. Fr. _soubmis_.
_Godscroft._
SUCCUR, SUCCURE, SUCCRE, _s._ Sugar, S. _sucker_.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _sucre_, Dan. _sucker_, id.
_To_ ~Succre~, _v. a._ To sweeten with sugar, S.
_Z. Boyd._
SUCKEN _of a mill_, _s._
1. The jurisdiction attached to a mill, S.
_Erskine._
2. The dues paid at a mill, S.; _shucken_, Moray.
_Pop. Ball._
A. S. _soc_, Su. G. _sokn_, exactio, jurisdictio.
~Suckener~, _s._ One who is bound to grind his grain at a certain mill,
S.
SUCKIES, _s. pl._ The flowers of clover, S.
V. ~Souks~.
_A. Douglas._
SUCKUDRY, SUKUDRY, SUCQUEDRY, _s._ Presumption.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _surcuiderie_, _surquiderie_, id.; from _surcuid-er_,
presumer.
SUDDAINTY, _s._
1. Suddenness, S.
_R. Bruce._
2. _Slauchter of suddantie_, accidental homicide.
_Acts Ja. III._
_To_ SUDDILL, SUDDLE, _v. a._ To sully, to defile, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sodel-en_, Germ. _sudel-en_, inquinare.
SUDEREYS, _s. pl._ A name given to some of the Hebudae.
_Pennant._
Isl. _sudreyia_, id.; from _sudr_, south, and _ey_, island; as lying
to the south of the point of Ardnamurchan.
SUELLIEG, _s._ Burning ague.
_Compl. S._
A. S. _swael-an_, urere, to burn, and _ece_, dolor.
SUERD, SWERD, _s._ A sword.
_Wallace._
Su. G. Belg. _swaerd_, Isl. Dan. _swerd_, id.
SUET, SWETE, _s._ Life.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _swett_, sudor; also sanguis.
* _To_ SUFFER, _v. n._ To delay.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _se souffr-ir_, to forbear.
~Suffer~, _adj._ Patient in bearing injurious treatment.
_Wallace._
SUFFISANCE, _s._ Sufficiency; Fr.
_K. Quair._
SUFRON, _s._ Sufferance.
_Houlate._
Fr. _soufr-ir_, to suffer.
_To_ SUGG, _v. n._ To move heavily, somewhat in a rocking manner, S.
Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
SUGGIE, _s._
1. A young sow, S. B.
2. A person who is fat, S. B.
A. S. _suga_, Su. G. _sugga_, a sow.
SUGH, _s._ Whistling sound.
V. ~Souch~, _s._
_To_ SUIT, _v. a._ To sue for.
V. ~Soyt~.
_R. Bruce._
SUITH, _adj._ Credible, honest.
A. S. _soth_, true.
_Montgomerie._
SUKERT, _adj._ Sweet, sugared, fondled, caressed.
_Dunbar._
SUKUDRY, _s._
V. ~Suckudry~.
_To_ SULE, _v. a._ To soil.
V. ~Suddill~.
SULE, _s._ A ring with a _swivel_, S. B.
Isl. _sweif_, volva, Su. G. _soelia_, a ring into which a thong is
put.
SULE, _s._ Perhaps for _scule_, school.
_Kennedy._
SULFITCH, _adj._ Suffocating, applied to smell, Ang.
Isl. _swael-a_, fumigare, suffocare.
SULYE, SOILYIE, _s._ Soil, ground, country; O. Fr. _soille_.
_Douglas._
SULYEART, _adj._ Clear, bright.
_Doug._
Fr. _soilier_, splendens, rutilus.
SUM, a termination of adjectives.
1. Denoting conjunction; as, _threesum_, three together, S.
_Compl. S._
Su. G. _sam_, plurium unitas.
2. Signifying similitude; as, _lufsum_, amiable, S.
A. S. _sum_, id., _sibsum_, pacificus, paci similis.
3. In some degree, S.
A. S. _sum_, Su. G. _sam_, id., _lang-sum_, diuturnus aliquantum.
SUM, _adj._ Some; used distributively, A. S. id.
_Bellenden._
SUMDELL, SUMDELE, _adv._
1. Somewhat, in some degree.
_Barbour._
2. Respecting quantity or number.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sum daele_, aliqua parte, partim.
SUMER, _s._ A sumpter-horse.
_Barbour._
O. Fland. Fr. _sommier_, id.
SUMMER-BLINK, _s._
1. A transient gleam of sunshine, S.
2. Used metaph. in relation to religious feelings.
V. ~Blenk~.
_Rutherford._
SUMMER-COUTS, SIMMER-COUTS, _s. pl._ The exhalations, seen to ascend
from the ground in a warm day, S. B.
_Ross._
Perhaps q. _summer-colts_, in allusion to the frisking of young
horses.
SUMMER-SOB, _s._ A summer storm, Ang.
_Ross._
Teut. _soeff-en_, flare; Gael. _siob-am_, id.; _siob-an_, drift,
blast.
SUMMYN, _adj._ Some.
_Douglas._
_All and summyn_, all and every one.
A. S. _sumne_, aliquot.
SUMP, _s._ The pit of a mine.
_Stat. Acc._
SUMPH, _s._ A soft blunt fellow, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _sumpf_, Teut. _sompe_, a marsh; or Su. G. _swamp_, a spunge;
also, a mushroom.
_To_ ~Sumph~, _v. n._ To be in a state of stupor.
_Cleland._
~Sumphish~, _adj._ Stupid, blockish, S.
_Ramsay._
SUMPHION, _s._ A musical instrument.
O. Fr. _symphonie_.
_Gl. Sibb._
SUNDAY'S CLAISE, dress for going to church in, S.
_Ferguson._
SUN-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SUNYE, _v. a._ To care.
V. ~Sonyie~.
SUNK, _s._ Sunks, _s. pl._
V. ~Sonk~.
SUNKETS, _s. pl._ Provision of whatever kind, S. A.
Perhaps a corr. of E. _somewhat_.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SUOUFE, _v. n._ To slumber.
V. ~Souf~.
_Burel._
_To_ SUP, _v. a._ To take food with a spoon, S.
_Rutherford._
Su. G. _sup-a_, sorbillare. Usurpatur de cibis jurulentis.
SUPERFLEW, _adj._ Superfluous.
Fr. _superflu,-ue_, id.
_Bellenden._
SUPERSAULT, _s._ The somerset.
Fr. _soubresault_, id.
_Mellvill's MS._
_To_ SUPIR, SYPYR, _v. n._ To sigh.
Fr. _soupir-er_, id.
_Burel._
_To_ SUPPEDIT, _v. a._ To supply; Lat. _suppedit-o_.
_Compl. S._
SUPPOIS, SUPPOSE, _conj._ Although, S.
_Douglas._
SUPPOIST, SUPPOST, _s._
1. A supporter, an abettor.
_Knox._
Fr. _suppost_, one put in the room of another.
2. A scholar in a college.
_Spotswood._
L. B. _suppositum_, id.
_To_ SUPPOSE, To substitute, in a supposititious way.
_Spotswood._
Fr. _suppos-er_, to suborn, to forge.
SUPPOWALL, _s._ Support.
_Barbour._
SURCOAT, _s._ An under-waistcoat, S.
_Ross._
O. Fr. _surcot_, changed, unmeaning.
SURFET, _adj._ Extravagant in price.
Fr. _surfaire_, to overprize.
_Bellenden._
SURGET, _s._ Perh. a debauched woman; O. Fr. _surjet_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
SURNOWME, SURNOWNE, _s._ Surname; Fr. _surnom_.
_Wyntown._
SURS, _s._ A hasty rising upwards.
_Doug._
Lat. _surg-o_, _surs-um_, to rise.
_To_ SUSHIE, _v. n._ To shrink, W. Loth.
SUSKIT, _adj._ Much worn, threadbare, S. B.
Dan. _siaske_, nastiness, _siasket_, nasty, negligent.
SUSSY, SUSSIE, _s._ Care, S.
_Pitscottie._
Fr. _souci_, id.
~Sussie~, _adj._ Careful, attentive to.
_Maitland P._
_To_ ~Sussy~, _v. n._ To care, S. B.
_Chr. S. P._
SUTE, _adj._ Sweet, pleasant.
_Wyntown._
SUTE, _s._ A company of hunters.
_Doug._
Fr. _suite_, a chace, pursuit.
SUTE HATE.
V. ~Fute Hate~.
SUTHFAST, _adj._ True.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sothfaest_, id.
~Suthfastnes~, _s._ Truth.
_Barbour._
SUWEN, _3 pl. v._ Attend; wait on.
Fr. _suivent_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
SWA, SWAY.
V. ~Sa~.
SWACK, _adj._
1. Limber, pliant, S.
_Ross._
2. Clever, active, nimble, S. B.
Teut. _swack_, flexilis; Isl. _sweigia_, incurvare.
SWACK, _s._ A large quantity, S. O.
Isl. _swack_, turba, motus.
SWADRIK, _s._ Sweden.
_Bannatyne P._
In Sw. _Swerike_, from _Swea rike_, i. e. the kingdom of the
Suiones.
SWAGAT, _adv._ So, in such way.
A. S. _swa_, so, and _gat_, a way.
_Barbour._
_To_ SWAY, SWEY, _v. n._ (pron. _swey_).
1. To incline to one side. S.
_Doug._
Isl. _sweig-ia_, Su. G. _swig-a_, inclinare.
2. To swing, S.
~Sway~, _s._
1. A moveable instrument of iron, of a rectangular form, fastened to one
of the jambs of a chimney, on which pots and kettles are suspended over
the fire, S.
2. A swing, S.
SWAIF, _v._ Perh. ponder.
_Bannatyne P._
Isl. _sweif-a_, librari.
SWAIF, SUAIF, _s._ A kiss.
_Chr. S. P._
Lat. _suav-ium_, id.
_To_ SWAYL, _v. a._ To swaddle, S. B. _sweal_, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _swaethil_, fascia; _swed-an_, vin-cire.
SWAITS, _s._ New ale or wort, S. _swats_.
A. S. _swate_, ale, beer.
_Ramsay._
SWAYWEYIS, _adv._ Likewise.
_Acts Ja. I._
_To_ SWAK, SWAKE, _v. a._
1. To cast with force.
_Douglas._
2. To strike, S. B.
Teut. _swack-en_, vibrare.
~Swak~, ~Swake~, _s._
1. A throw.
_Ruddiman._
2. A hasty and smart blow.
_Wyntown._
3. A violent dash.
_Douglas._
4. Metaph. a little while.
_Douglas._
_To_ SWAK _away_, _v. n._ To decay, to waste.
_Bannatyne P._
Dan. _swackk-er_, to waste; Teut. _swack-en_, to fail.
SWAK, _s._ Errat. for ~Snuk~, q. v.
_Wallace._
SWALE, _part. pa._ Fat, plump.
_Douglas._
Isl. _swell-r_, tumidus.
_To_ SWALL, SWALLY, _v. a._ To devour.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _swaelg-a_, A. S. _swelg-an_, devorare.
SWALME, _s._ A tumor, an excrescence.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _swam_, Teut. _swamme_, tuber, fungus.
SWAMP, _adj._
1. Thin, not gross, S.
2. Not swelled, S.
SWANE, SWAYN, _s._
1. A youngman, S.
2. A man of inferior rank.
_Douglas._
Isl. _swein_, Su. G. _swen_, juvenis; servus.
SWANGE, _s._ Perh. groin.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _swange_, ilia.
SWANK, _adj._
1. Slender, not big-bellied, S.
2. Limber, pliant, agile, S.
_Ferguson._
Dan. _swang_, lean, meagre; Germ. _schwank-en_, motitare.
~Swanky~, _s._ An active or clever young fellow, S.
_Douglas._
~Swanky~, _adj._
1. Perh. empty, hungry.
_Dunbar._
2. Applied to one who is tall, but lank, Fife.
_To_ SWAP, _v. a._ To exchange, S.
Isl. _skipt-a_, mutare.
_To_ SWAP, _v. a._
1. To draw.
_Barbour._
2. To throw with violence.
_Barbour._
3. To strike.
_Wallace._
Isl. _swip-a_, vibrare; _sweip-a_, percutere.
~Swap~, _s._ A sudden stroke.
_Sir Gawan._
SWAP, SWAUP, _s._ The cast or lineaments of the countenance, S.
Isl. _swip-ur_, imago apparens; _swipad-r_, vultu similis.
_Sax. and Gael._
~Swapit~, _part. adj_. Moulded.
_Dunbar._
SWAPPIS, Perh. sedges.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _schelp_, carex.
SWAPPYT, _part. pa._ Rolled or huddled together.
_Wallace._
Isl. _sweip-a_, Su. G. _swep-a_, involvere.
SWAR, _s._ A snare.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _swer-an_, insidiari.
SWARE, SWIRE, SWYRE, _s._
1. The neck.
_Douglas._
2. The declination of a mountain or hill, near the summit, S. corr.
_squair_.
_Dunbar._
3. The most level spot between two hills, Loth.
A. S. _sweor_, a pillar; cervix, the neck.
_To_ SWARF, _v. n._
1. To faint, to swoon, S. _swarth_, Ang.
_Ross_.
2. To become languid.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _swoerfw-a_, in gyrum agitari.
~Swarff~, ~Swerf~, _s._
1. Stupor, insensibility.
_Wallace._
2. A fainting-fit, a swoon; _swarth_, Ang.
_Cleland._
SWARFE, _s._ The surface.
_Rollocke._
SWARYN, _s._
V. ~Syvewarm~.
SWARRACH, _s._ A large unseemly heap, Ang.
Su. G. _swaer_, gravis.
SWARTBACK, _s._ The great black and white gull, Orkn.
_Barry._
Norw. _swartbag_, id.
SWARTH, _s._ A faint.
V. ~Swarf~.
SWARTRYTTER, _s._ Properly, one belonging to the German cavalry.
_G. Buchanan._
Teut. _swerte ruyters_, milites nigri.
SWASH, _s._ The noise made in falling upon the ground S.; _squash_, E.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ SWASH, _v. n._ To swell.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _swassa_, to walk loftily.
~Swash~, _s._
1. One of a corpulent habit, S.
2. A large quantity viewed collectively, S.
~Swash~, ~Swashy~, _adj._
1. Of a broad make, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
2. Fuddled; q. swollen with drink, S.
_Ramsay._
SWATCH, _s._
1. A pattern, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. A specimen of whatever kind, S.
_Wodrow._
3. Metaph. a mark, S.
SWATHEL, _s._ A strong man.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _swithlic_, ingens, vehemens.
SWATS, _s. pl._ New ale, S.
V. ~Swaits~.
_To_ SWATTER, SQUATTER, _v. a._
1. To move quickly in any fluid, generally in an undulating way, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. To move quickly in an awkward manner.
_Watson._
Teut. _swadder-en_, turbare aquas, fluctuare; Su. G. _sqwaettr-a_,
spargere.
~Swatter~, _s._ A large collection, especially of small objects in quick
motion, Loth.
SWATTLE, _s._ The act of swallowing with avidity, Stirlings.
_To_ SWAVER, _v. n._ To walk feebly, as one who is fatigued, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _sweyv-en_, vacillare, nutare; _sweyver_, vagus.
_To_ SWEAL, _v. a._ To swaddle, S.
V. ~Swayl~.
_To_ SWEAP, _v. a._ To scourge, S.
Isl. _swipa_, a scourge.
_Ruddiman._
SWECHT, _s._ The force of a body in motion.
Su. G. _swigt-a_, vacillare.
_Doug._
_To_ SWEE, SWEY, _v. n._ To incline to one side.
~Swey~, _s._ V. ~Sway~.
SWEEK, _s._ The art of doing any thing properly, S. B.
Su. G. _swik_, _swek_, dolus; Isl. _mer-um swig_, ultra meas vires.
_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ To drink copiously. S. _swill_, E.
* SWEET, _adj._ Not salted, S.
_A. Douglas._
SWEETBREAD, _s._ The diaphragm in animals, S.
SWEETIES, _s. pl._ Sweetmeats, S.
_Ramsay._
~Sweetie-bun~, ~Sweetie-scon~, _s._ A cake baked with sweetmeats, S.
_Pop. Ball._
SWEG, SWEIG, _s._ A quantity, a considerable number, Loth.
This seems merely a variety of ~Swack~, q. v.
SWEY, _s._ A long crow for raising stones, Ang.
Isl. _sweig-ia_, inclinare.
SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, _s._ A drone, a sluggard, S.
A. S. _sweng_, lazy; _swongornes_, torpor.
SWEIR, SWERE, SWEER, SWEAR, _adj._
1. Lazy, indolent, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _swaer_, _swere_, piger, deses.
2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Niggardly, unwilling to part with any thing, S. O.
~Dead-sweir~, _adj._ Extremely lazy, S.
_Rutherford._
~Sweir-kitty~, _s._ An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.
_Sweir_, and _Kitty_, a contemptuous term for a woman.
~Sweirnes~, _s._ Laziness, S.
_Dunbar._
~Sweir-tree~, _s._ An amusement, in which two persons are seated on the
ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first
draw the other up; Fife.
SWELCHIE, _s._ A seal.
V. ~Selch~.
_Brand._
SWELCHIE, _s._ A whirlpool, Orkn.
V. ~Swelth~, s.
SWELL, _s._ A bog, S. B.
V. ~Swelth~.
_To_ SWELLY, _v. a._ To swallow, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelg-an_, Su. G. _swael-ja_, vorare.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To die.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swealt-an_, _swelt-an_, mori.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To have a sense of suffocation, especially from
heat, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _swael-a_, _swaelt_, suffocare.
SWELTH, _adj._ Voracious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelgeth_, devorat, q. that which _swalloweth_; Isl.
_swaelt-a_, esurire.
SWELTH, _s._ A gulf, a whirlpool.
_Doug._
Su. G. _swalg_, Teut. _swelgh_, a gulf; Isl. _swelg-r_, Dan.
_swaelg_, vorago, gurges.
SUENYNG, _s._ Dreaming.
V. ~Sweuin~.
SWERD, _s._ A sword.
V. ~Suerd~.
SWERF, _s._ A swoon.
V. ~Swarf~.
SWERTHBAK, _s._ The great black and white gull.
V. ~Swartback~.
_Houlate._
Isl. _swartbak-ur_, the lesser guillemot.
SWESCH, _s._ A trumpet.
_Stat. Gild._
A. S. _sweg_, pl. _swegas_, sound in general, any musical
instrument; Moes. G. _swiga-jon_, to pipe.
SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG, SWENYNG, _s._ A dream, the act of dreaming.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swef-en_, Isl. _sueffn_, id. from _swaef-a_, dormire.
SWYCHT, _adj._ Perh. for _wicht_, powerful, with _s._ prefixed.
_Barbour._
SWICK, _adj._ Clear of any thing, Banffs.
Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
_To_ SWICK, _v. a._
1. To deceive, to illude, Fife.
2. To blame, Ang.
A. S. _swic-an_, decipere; also, offendere.
~Swick~, ~Swyk~, _s._
1. Fraud, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _swik_, anc. _swick_, id.
2. Blameableness.
_I had nae swick o't_, I had no blameableness in it, S. B.
A. S. _swica_, _swic_, offensa.
3. A deceiver, Fife.
A. S. _swice_, deceptor.
~Swicky~, _adj._
1. Deceitful, Ang.
2. Sportively, tricky, Ang.
V. ~Swik~.
_To_ SWIDDER, _v. n._ To hesitate, pron. _swither_, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _swaether_, which of the two; Su. G. _swaefw-a_, fluctuare.
_To_ ~Swidder~, _v. a._ To cause to be irresolute.
V. _v. n._
_Douglas._
~Swidder~, ~Swiddering~, ~Swither~, _s._ Doubt, hesitation, S.
_Ross._
SWIFF, _s._ Rotatory motion, or the humming sound produced by it, Loth.
Isl. _swef-ast_, Su. G. _swaefw-a_, circumagere.
_To_ SWIG, _v. n._ To turn suddenly, S. A.
~Swig~, _s._ The act of turning suddenly, S. A.
Isl. _sweig-a_, to bend.
_Gl. Complaynt._
_To_ SWIK, _v. a._ To assuage pain or grief, by fixing the attention
upon some interesting object.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swic-an_, fallere.
SWYK, _s._ Fraud, deceit.
V. ~Swick~.
_To_ SWYKE, _v. a._ To cause to stumble.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _swic-an_, facere ut offendat.
SWIKFUL, _adj._ Deceitful.
_Wyntown._
~Swikfully~, _adv._ Deceitfully.
_Wyntown._
SWILK, _adj._ Such.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swilk_, talis; Moes. G. _swaleik_, id. from _swa_, so, and
_leik_, like.
_To_ SWILL, _v. a._ to swaddle; S. _sweal_.
V. ~Swayl~.
_Montgomerie._
SWINE-FISH, _s._ The wolf-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWINE'S ARNUTS, _s._ Tall oat grass, with tuberous roots, S.
SWINE'S MOSSCORTS, _s._ Clown's allheal, S.
Sw. _swinknyl_, from _swin_, swine, and _knyl_, a lump.
SWING, _s._ A stroke.
A. S. id.
_Barbour._
SWYNGYT. L. _fwyngyt_, foined, pushed.
O. Fr. _foine_, a sword.
_Barbour._
_To_ SWINGLE _lint_, to separate flax from the core, by beating it, S.
_A. Scott._
Teut. _swinghel-en het vlas_, id.; A. S. _swing-an_, flagellare.
~Swingle-wand~, _s._ The instrument with which flax is _swingled_, S. B.
SWINGLE-TREE, _s._
1. One of the moveable pieces of wood put before a plough or harrow, to
which the traces are fastened, S.
2. Used improperly for the poles of a coach.
_Journ. Lond._
Teut. _swinghel-en_, to move backwards and forwards.
_To_ SWINK, SWYNK, _v. n._ To labour.
A. S. _swinc-an_, laborare.
_Henrysone._
~Swink~, _s._ Labour.
_Sir Tristrem._
SWIPPER, _adj._
1. Nimble; S. B. _swippert_.
_Douglas._
2. Sudden, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Hasty, tart, S. B.
A. S. _swip-an_, Isl. _swip-a_, cito agere; Isl. _swipr_, subita
apparentia.
~Swipperlie~, ~Swippertly~, _adv._ Swiftly.
_Douglas._
SWYRE, _s._ The neck, &c.
V. ~Sware~.
_To_ SWIRK, _v. n._ To spring with velocity.
Allied perh. to E. _jerk_, or Belg. _schrikk-en_, to start.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._
1. To whirl like a vortex, S.
2. Used improperly to denote the motion of a ship in sailing.
_P. Buch. Dial._
Su. G. _swarfw-a_, Isl. _swirr-a_, to be hurried round.
~Swirl~, _s._ The whirling motion of a fluid body, S.
_Douglas._
SWIRL, _s._ A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.
~Swirlie~, _adj._
1. Full of twists, contorted; applied to wood.
_Burns._
2. Entangled; applied to grass that lies in various positions, S.
SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, _adv._
1. Quickly; _als swyth_, as soon.
_Douglas._
2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.
_Shirrefs._
Isl. _swey_, apage; Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
~Swithnes~, _s._ Swiftness.
_Bellenden._
_To_ SWOICH, SWOUCH, _v. n._ To emit a hollow whistling sound.
V. ~Souch~, _v._
SWONCHAND, _part. pr._ Vibrating.
Germ. _swenck-en_, motitare.
_Houlate._
SWOON, _s._ Corn is _in the swoon_, when, although the strength of the
seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this
state, the blade appears sickly and faded.
A. S. _swinn-an_, to decay.
SWORDICK, _s._ Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWORDSLIPERS, _s. pl._ Swordcutlers.
_Knox._
Teut. _slyp-en_, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. _slip-a_,
id.
SWORL, _s._ A whirling motion.
V. ~Swirl~.
_Douglas._
SWOURN. L. _smoryt_, smothered.
_Wall._
T
_To_ TA, _v. a._ To take.
_Barbour._
TA, _adj._ One after _the_.
_Barbour._
TA ~and~ FRA, To and fro.
_Barbour._
TAANLE, _s._
V. ~Tawnle~.
_To_ TAAVE, _v. a._
1. To make tough, by working with the hands, Moray. Banffs.
Dan. _tave_, a filament, _taved_, stringy; or a variety of ~Taw~,
_v._ 2.
2. To touse.
_Gl. Surv. Mor._
3. To entangle.
_Ibid._
~Taavin~, ~Tawin~, _s._ Wrestling, tumbling.
Teut. _touw-en_, agitare.
_Journ. Lond._
TAAVE, TYAAVE, _s._ Difficulty, Banffs.
V. ~Tawan~.
TAAVE-TAES, _s. pl._ Pitfir split into fibres for making ropes, Moray.
V. ~Taave~, _v._
TABETS, TEBBITS, _s._ Bodily sensation, S. B.
C. B. _tyb-io_, _tyb-ygio_, to feel.
~Tabetless~, ~Tapetless~, ~Tebbitless~, _adj._
1. Benumbed, S. B.
2. Heedless, S. O.
_Burns._
TABRACH, _s._ Animal food nearly in a state of carion, Fife.
Dan. _tab-e_, to lose; or corr. from ~Cabrach~, q. v.
_To_ TACH, TATCH, _v. a._ To arrest.
_Wallace._
Fr. _attach-er_, id.; Isl. _tak-a_, _tak-ia_, to take.
TACHT, _adj._ Tight, S. B.
Sw. _tact_, id.
TACK, TAK, _s._ Act of seizure.
_Acts Ja. IV._
TACK, _s._ A slight hold, S.; E. _tack_, _v._
TACK, _s._ Act of catching fishes, S.
Isl. _tek-ia_, captura.
_Monroe._
TACK, TAKKE, TACKE, _s._
1. A lease, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
2. Possession for a time, S.
~Tacksman~, _s._
1. One who holds a lease, S.
_Erskine._
2. In the Highlands, a tenant of the higher class.
_Stat. Acc._
TACKET, _s._ A nail for the shoe, S.; E. _tack_, id.
_Morison._
TACKIT. _Tongue-tackit_, _adj._ Having the tip of the tongue fastened by
a small film, S.
2. Tongue-tied, S.
TAE, _s._
1. The toe, S. A. Bor.
2. Prong of a fork, &c. S.
TAFFIL, TAIFLE, _s._ A table, S. B.
Germ. _tafel_, tabula cujuscunque generis.
_Spalding._
TAFT, TAFTAN, _s._ A messuage, S. B.
Su. G. _tofft_, Isl. _topt-r_, area domus.
TAG, _s._
1. A latchet, S.
2. Any thing used for tying, S.
_Balfour._
3. A long and thin slice, S.
4. In pl. Trumpery.
_Chron. S. P._
TAGGIT, _part. pa._ Confined.
_Priests Peb._
TAGGLIT, _adj._ Harassed; encumbered, S. B.
V. ~Taigle~.
TAY, TAE, _s._ A toe, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ta_, id.
TAID, _s._ A toad, S.
A. S. _tade_.
TAIDREL, _s._ A puny creature.
_Polwart._
A. S. _tedre_, imbecillis.
TAIGIE, TEAGIE, TYGIE, _s._ A cow with some white hairs in her tail,
Fife; also _taigit_.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ TAIGLE, _v. a._ To detain, S.
Sw. _taaglig_, slow of motion; Isl. _toegl-a_, taediose instare
alicui rei.
TAIL, TALE, _s._ Account.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _tael-ia_, A. S. _tel-an_, to reckon.
TAIL-ILL, _s._ An inflammation of the _tail_ of cattle, Loth.
TAIL-RACE, _s._
V. ~Race~.
_To_ TAILE, _v. a._ To flatter one's self.
V. ~Teal~.
_Barbour._
TAILE, _s._ A tax; Fr. _taille_.
_Barbour._
TAILE, TAILYE, TAILYIE, TAILLIE, TAYLYHE, _s._
1. A covenant.
_Barbour._
2. An entail, S.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _taillier_, id. Du Cange.
_To_ ~Tailye~, ~Tailie~, _v. a._
1. To bind by a bond or indenture.
_Wyntown._
2. To entail, S.
_Bellenden._
L. B. _talli-are_.
TAILYIE, TELYIE, _s._ A piece of meat, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _tailler_, Su. G. _taelia_, to cut.
_To_ TAILYEVÉ, _v. n._ To reel, shake.
_Douglas._
TAINCHELL, _s._ _Tainchess, pl._ A mode of catching deer.
V. ~Tinchell~.
_Monroe._
_To_ TAYNT, _v. a._
1. To convict.
_Wynt._
2. Legally to prove.
_Acts Ja. I._
O. Fr. _attaind-re_.
~Taint~, _s._ Proof.
_Acts Ja. I._
O. Fr. _attaint_, L. B. _attaynt-um_.
_To_ TAIR, _v. n._ To bray.
_Compl. S._
Teut. _tier-en_, vociferare.
_To_ TAIS, _v. a._ To poise.
_Douglas._