SPECS, SPENKS, SPENTACLES—Spectacles.
SPREED—But hezn’t he some spreed wi’ him? Ye’ve seen them chaps ’at
walks on their heels, whia this is yan o’ them.
SPRING-CLOGS—For ladies wi’ a gimmer i’ t’ sooal.
SPROOTS—Bits o’ flusters aboot t’ band o’ t’ nail.
SPELKS—To hod t’ stack cooat doon.
SQUAB, SWAB—Sofa. Lig doon on t’ swab.
STARK—Stark, staren mad; stiff an’ stark; he’s varra stark; inflexable,
unyielding.
STATESMAN—A man who lived on and cultivated his own land. He was yan o’
t’ few stiatsmen left amang us.
STEED—In place of. Thee gang steed o’ me.
STREEN, STRAIN—Race, tribe, generation. Er they owt akeen? They’re o’
t’ siam streen, but it’s gay near worn oot.
STIAK—Stiak t’ door. A good strong bolt for an old fashened door was a
strong stake of wood inserted in holes in the walls of the doorway.
STIAVLEN—Aboot t’ siam as stopen. “He gat up stav’ling, nin could tell
how suen.”—_Graham._
STOOKS—Stook up an’ gah hiam.
STOON, STOOND—A sudden pang. It went through mi heed wi’ sec a stoon.
STAND-OWER—What we tell t’ nags when we’re bedden them doon.
STRANGE—Distant in manner. He was seea strange an’ hee an’ different,
nut like hissel ato.
STOT—A bullock.
STIAK-AN-RISE—A natty way o’ dikin’.
STRIKE—A bushel.