Part 41
ROWAN, ROWING, _s._ A flake of wool, S.
_Edin. Encycl._
_To Cast a Rowan_, to bear an illegitimate child.
_Gl. Sibb._
ROWAN, _s. Auld rowan_, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.
_Philotus._
Germ. _rune_, Su. G. _runa_; _al-runa_, or _alte-runa_, mulier fatidica.
ROWAN, _s._ A turbot, Fife.
_Stat. Acc._
ROWAR, _s._ A moveable wooden bolt; q. a _roller_.
_Wallace._
ROWY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.
_Bannatyne P._
ROWKAR, _s._ A whisperer, a tale-bearer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Zeland. _roeck_, delator, Alem. _ruog-en_, to defame.
_To_ ROWME, ROUME, _v. n._ To roam.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ruman_, Belg. _ruym-en_, diffugere.
_To_ ROWME, _v. a._
1. To clear.
_Wyntown._
2. To enlarge.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _ruym-en_, vacuare; ampliare.
3. To place.
_Keith._
Germ. _raum-en_, in ordine disponere.
~Rowme~, ~Roume~, _s._
1. Space.
_Wyntown._
2. A possession in land.
_Bellenden._
3. Situation as to preaching.
_Spotswood._
4. Official situation.
_Baillie._
5. Ordinal relation.
_R. Bruce._
6. Place in a literary work.
_Wodrow._
A. S. Su. G. _rum_, place of any kind.
~Rowme~, ~Roume~, ~Room~, _adj._
1. Large.
_Wallace._
A. S. Su. G. _rum_, Teut. _ruym_, amplus.
2. Clear, empty.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _ruym_, vacuus.
~Rowmly~, _adv._ Largely.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ROWMYSS.
V. ~Rummyss~.
_To_ ROWT, _v. n._ To snore.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hrut-an_, Isl. _hriot-a_, id.
ROZET, _s._ Rosin.
V. ~Roset~.
RUBIATURE, _s._ Robber.
_Leg. St Androis._
L. B. _rubator_, Ital. _rubatore_, latro.
_To_ RUCK, _v. n._ To belch.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _roeck-en_, Lat. _ruct-are_.
RUCK, _s._ A heap of corn, S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Isl. _hrauk_, Su. G. _roek_, cumulus.
RUCK-RILLING.
V. ~Rewelynys~.
RUD, _adj._ Red.
_Wallace._
A. S. _rude_, _reod_, Alem. _ruod_.
~Rude~, _s._
1. Redness.
_Douglas._
2. Those parts of the face, which in youth and health have a ruddy colour, S. B.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _ruda_, rubor, vultus.
_To_ RUDDY, _v. n._ To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B.
Isl. _hrid_, a storm; force in general.
RUDE, _adj._ Strong, stout.
_Douglas._
RUDE, _s._ Spawn, Ayrs.
V. ~Redd~.
_Kennedy._
RUDE, RWD, _s._ The cross.
_Douglas._
A. S. Su. G. _rod_, Germ. _rode_.
~Rude-day~, _s._ The third day of May, S. B. called the Invention of the Cross.
RUDE-GOOSE.
V. ~Rood-goose~.
_To_ RUFE, _v. n._ To rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_Chron. S. P._
~Ruff~, _s._ Rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_To_ RUFF, _v. n._ To roll a drum, S.; also _ruffle_.
_Wodrow._
Germ. _ruff-er_, to cry.
2. To give a plaudit, S.
~Ruff~, s.
1. Roll of the drum, S.
_R. Galloway._
2. Beating with the feet, as expressive of applause.
~Ruffe~, _s._ Fame, celebrity.
_Godscroft._
RUFFIE, _s._ A ruffian, Ang.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _rof-wa_, to rob.
RUFFY, _s._
1. A wick clogged with tallow, Tweed.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The blaze used in fishing by night, with the lister, S. A.
Sw. _roe-lius_, a rush light.
RUFFILL, _s._ Loss, injury.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _ruyffel-en_, terere, verrere.
RUFLYT, _pret. v._ Annoyed.
_Barbour._
_To_ RUG, _v. a._
1. To pull hastily or roughly, S.
_Pop. Ball._
2. To tear, S.
_Douglas._
3. To spoil, to plunder.
Teut. _ruck-en_, Dan. _rag-er_, to pluck.
RUG, _s._
1. A rough or hasty pull, S.
2. A great bargain, S.
~Ruggair~, _s._ A depredator.
_Monroe._
RULLION, _s._
1. A shoe made of untanned leather.
V. ~Rewelynys~.
2. A coarse-made masculine woman, Fife.
RUM, _adj._ Excellent, Loth. Cant E.
RUMBLEGARIE, _adj._ Disorderly, S.
_Ramsay._
Qu. _ready_ (A. S. _gear-u_) to _rumble_.
RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMTION, _s._ Common sense, S.
_Beattie._
A. S. _rum_, _rum-well_, spatiosus, and _geom-ian_, curare.
_To_ RUMMIL, RUMLE, _v. n._ To make a noise, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere.
_To_ RUMMYSS, RUMMES, ROWMYSS, _v. n._ To bellow, S.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _rym-a_, id.
RUMPLE, RUMPILL, _s._
1. The rump, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The tail, S.
_Bellenden._
RUNCHES, _s. pl._ Wild mustard; also, wild radish, S. A. Bor.
_Polwart._
RUND, ROON, _s._
1. A border, a selvage, S.
_Burns._
2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
Isl. _rond_, _raund_, margo, extremitas.
_To_ RUNDGE, _v. n._ To gnaw.
V. ~Ronged~.
_Evergreen._
RUNG, _s._
1. Any long piece of wood, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. A coarse heavy staff, S.
_Maclaurin._
3. Used to denote the stroke of poverty.
_J. Nicol._
Moes. G. _hrung_, virga; Isl. _raung_, pl. _rungor_, the ribs of a ship.
_To_ RUNK, _v. a._ To deprive of, whether by fair or foul means, S. B.
Isl. _rank-or_, fraud; or perh. corr. from E. _rook_, to cheat.
RUNK, _adj._ Wrinkled, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
Su. G. _rynka_, Dan. _rincke_, a wrinkle.
_To_ RUNKLE, _v. a._
1. In part. pa. _runkled_, wrinkled, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To crease, to crumple, S.
A. S. _wrincl-ian_, Su. G. _rynck-a_, rugare.
~Runkle~, ~Runkill~, _s._
1. A wrinkle, S.
_Douglas._
2. A rumple, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
RUNRIG, lands are said to lie _runrig_, where the alternate ridges of a field belong to different proprietors, or are occupied by different tenants, S.; qu. _ridges running_ parallel.
_Erskine._
RUNT, _s._
1. Trunk of a tree.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A hardened stalk; as, _a kail runt_, the stem of colewort, S.
_Burns._
3. The tail of an animal, Galloway.
4. A contemptuous designation for a female, more generally applied to one advanced in life, with _auld_ prefixed, S.
Germ. _rinde_, bark, crust.
_Davidson._
RUNT, _s._ An old cow, S. B., one that has given over breeding, Caithn.
Germ. _rinde_, an ox, or cow.
RURYK, _adj._ Rural, rustic.
_Wallace._
_To_ RUSCH, RWYSS, _v. a._ To drive.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _rus-a_, _rusk-a_, irruere.
~Rusche~, ~Rwhys~, _s._ Drive.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RUSE, ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol; sometimes _reese_, S.
_Douglas._
_Ill rused_, discommended.
_Kelly._
Isl. _raus-a_, jactabundè multa effutio, _ros-a_, extollere.
RUISE, RUSSE, RUSS, _s._
1. Boast.
_Douglas._
Isl. _raus_, gerrae, loquacitas.
_To mak a tume ruse_, to boast where there is no ground for it, but the reverse, Ang.
2. Commendation, praise, S.
_Ritson._
Su. G. _ros_, _roos_, praise.
~Ruser~, _s._ One habituated to self-commendation.
_Kelly._
RUSHIE, _s._ A broil, Fife.
Teut. _ruysch_, Isl. _rusk-a_, strepitus.
RUSKIE, _s._
1. A basket, made of twigs and straw, for carrying corn, Perths. Loth.
2. A vessel made of straw for holding meal.
_Kelly._
3. A bee-hive, S. B.
Su. G. _rusk_, congeries virgultorum; _rysia_, Germ. _reusche_, a bee-hive.
RUTE, _s._ A blow.
V. ~Rout~.
RUTE, _s._ A fowl.
V. ~Rood-goose~.
_Acts Marie._
RUTHER, _s._ An uproar, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hruth_, commotio, C. B. _rhuthr_, impetus.
RUTHER, RUTHYR, _s._ Rudder.
_Wallace._
RUTILLAND, _part. pr._ Croaking.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _rotel-en_, grunnire, murmurare.
RUTOUR, _s._ A spoiler.
V. ~Roysters~.
_Bellenden._
_To_ RUVE, _v. a._
V. ~Roove~.
RUWITH, Uncertain.
_Sir Gawan._
S
This letter, as occurring in the beginning of words, cannot, in many instances, be viewed as a radical. While prefixed in some Goth. dialects, it was thrown away in others; especially before _k_. The same term sometimes appears with _s_, and sometimes without it; as in _cry_ and _scry_; _creek_ of day, and _skreek_. _Ss_ is often used by our old writers as the mark of the pl.; as, _horss_ for _horsis_, horses.
SA, SUA, SWA, _conj._
1. So, consequently, S. _sae_.
_Gawan and Gal._
2. In such a manner.
_Barbour._
3. As, in like manner.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _swa_, _swe_, A. S. _swa_, Su. G. Dan. _saa_, ita.
_To_ SA, _v. n._ To say.
_Douglas._
Alem. Germ. _sag-en_, A. S. _saeg-an_, id.
SACKE, _s._ Sackcloth.
_Godly Sangs._
SACK, _s._
V. ~Sak~.
SACKET, SAKKET, _s._ A small sack, S. B.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ SACRÉ, _v. a._ To consecrate.
Fr. _sacrer_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ SACRIFY, _v. a._
1. To sacrifice.
Fr. _sacrifi-er_, id.
_Douglas._
2. To consecrate.
_Douglas._
3. To appease, to propitiate.
_Id._
SAD, _adj._
1. Grave.
_Wallace._
2. Wise, prudent.
_Wallace._
3. Firm, steady.
_Wallace._
C. B. _sad_, firm, wise, discreet, sober.
4. Close, compact, S.
C. B. _sathru_, calcare, to tread; _syth_, solidus.
5. Heavy, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
6. Weighty, applied to evidence.
_Buchanan._
7. Flat, close to the ground, S.
8. Denoting a grave colour.
_Inventories._
~Sadly~, _adv._
1. Steadily.
_Wallace._
2. Closely, compactly.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Sad~, _v. n._ To become solid, S.
_To_ SAD, _v. a._ To make sad.
_Baillie._
SAEBIENS, SAEBINS, _conj._ Since, i. e. _being sae_, or _so_.
_Ramsay._
SAFER, _s._ Damages.
V. ~Sefor~.
_Spotsw._
SAFT, _adj._
1. Opposed to what is fatiguing, S.
_Ritson._
2. Pleasant.
_Ritson._
3. Tranquil, at rest, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _saft_, suavis, mollis.
~Saft~, ~Saftly~, _adv._ Softly.
_Ferguson._
2. Lightly.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ ~Saft~, _v. n._ To mollify.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SAGHTIL, _v. n._ To be reconciled.
A. S. _sahtl-ian_, reconciliare.
_Sir Gawan._
~Saghtlyng~, _s._ Reconciliation.
V. ~Saucht~.
_Ibid._
_To_ SAY, _v. n._ _I yow say_, I tell you.
A. S. _sege me_, dic mihi.
_Barbour._
_To_ SAY, SEY, _v. a._
1. To put to trial, S.
_Pitscottie._
2. _v. n._ To endeavour, S.
O. Fr. _say-er_, essayer, tenter.
SAY, SAYE, _s._ A water-bucket, Inverness, Orkn.; a milk-pail, Dumfr.
_Acts Ja. I._
Su. G. _saa_, vas quo aqua portatur.
SAYARE, _s._ A poetical writer.
_Doug._
A. S. _saeg-an_, narrare; _sage_, narratio.
SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine, named from a species of hawk.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _sacre_, "the hawk, and the artillerie so called;" Cotgr.
SAIKLESS, SAYKLES, _adj._
1. Guiltless, S.
_Douglas._
2. Free, in a general sense.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sacleas_, Isl. _saklauss_, sine culpa.
SAIL-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S., denominated from a large fin which it carries above water.
_Stat. Acc._
SAILYE, _s._ An assault.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _sail-ir_, to assault.
SAILL, _s._ Happiness.
V. ~Seile~.
SAYN, _s._ Narrative.
_Wallace._
Dan. _sagn_, saying.
_To_ SAIN, _v. a._ To bless.
V. ~Sane~.
SAYND, _s._ Message or messenger.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sand_, legatio; legatus.
_Send_, an embassy, S. B.
~Sayndis-man~, _s._ Messenger.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sandes-man_, nuntius.
SAIP, _s._ Soap, S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. Dan. _saepe_, id.
SAIR, SAYR, SARE, _adj._
1. Painful, S.
2. Sorrowful; as, a _sair heart_.
3. Violent.
_Wallace._
4. Severe; as _sair sickness_, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _saar_, A. S. _sar_, gravis, molestus.
5. Niggardly, as, _sair master_, _a sair merchant_, S.
~Sair~, _s._ A sore, a wound, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. Isl. _sar_, Su. G. _saar_, dolor; vulnus.
~Sair~, ~Sar~, ~Sare~, _adv._
1. Sorely, S.
A. S. _sare_, graviter.
_Barbour._
2. In a great degree, S.
_Douglas._
Germ, _sehr_, Belg. _seer_, valde.
~Sair Head~, a headach, S.
_A. Nicol._
~Sairly~, _adv._ Sorely.
_Douglas._
_To_ SAIR, _v. a._
1. To serve, S.
_Ross._
2. To fit, to be large enough, S.
3. To satisfy; as, with food, S.
_Ross._
~Sairing~, _s._ What satisfies one, S.
_Ross._
SAIRLES, SARELESS, _adj._ Tasteless, S. B.
V. ~Sawr~.
_Diallog._
SAIT, _s._ The Court of Session in S.
_Dunbar._
SAK, SACK, _s._ The privilege of a baron to prosecute, try and judge his vassals in his own court.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _sac_, actio, causa forensis.
SAKE, _s._ Blame, guilt.
_Sir Tristrem._
Su. G. _sak_, guilt, crime.
SALE, SAIL, SAILL, _s._
1. A palace.
_Douglas._
2. A hall, a chamber.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. Su. G. _sal_, aula, palatium.
SALEBROSITY, _s._ A rough place.
_Baillie._
SALIKE, SAELIKE, _adj._ Similar, of the same kind, S. B.
Moes. G. _swaleiks_, Isl. _slyke_, talis.
SALER, _s._ A salt-cellar.
_Sir Gawan._
SALERIFE, _adj._ Saleable, S.
SALERYFE, _adj._ Abounding with sails or ships.
_Douglas._
SALL, L. _stal_, stole.
_Houlate._
SALSS, _s._ Sauce.
_Barbour._
Germ. _salz-en_, sale condire.
SALT, SAWT, _s._ Assault.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _saut_, id.
SALT, _adj._
1. Having bitter consequences, S.
_Douglas._
2. Costly, expensive, S.
~Salt Se~, or ~Sea~, the sea; from the ancient use of the term as denoting the sea itself.
_Douglas._
_To_ SALUS, _v. a._ To salute.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _salus_, salutation.
SALUT, _s._ Health, safety; Fr.
_Compl. S._
SAMBUTES, _s. pl._ Housing for a horse.
O. Fr. _sambue_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
SAMIN, SAMYN, _adj._ The same, S.
Abl. of Moes. G. _sama_, idem.
_Compl. S._
SAMYN, SAMIN, _adv._
1. Together.
_Barbour._
2. At the same time.
_Douglas._
3. As soon, with _as_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _samne_, Belg. _samen_, simul, una.
SANAPÉ, _s._ Mustard.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. Dan. _senep_, Gr. σιναπις, id.
SAND-BLIND, _adj._ Having that weakness of sight which often accompanies a very fair complexion, S. synon. _blind-fair_.
SANDE, _part. pa._ Girt.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _saint_, from _saind-re_, ceindre, environner.
SANDY-GIDDOCK, _s._ The launce, a fish, Shetl.
_Neill._
Probably a dimin. from Dan. _giedde_, Isl. _gedda_, a pike, from its resemblance in shape; q. the _little ged_ or pike.
SAND-LARK, The sea lark, Orkn.
_Barry._
_Sandy lerrick_, or _laverock_, of S.
SAND-LOWPER, _s._ A small species of crab, Fife.
_Sibbald._
_To_ SANE, _v. n._ To say.
V. ~Seyne~.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SANE, SAYN, SAINE, SEYN, _v. a._
1. To make the sign of the cross.
_Barbour._
2. To bless.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _segen_, a sign; _segn-en_, to bless.
~Sain~, _s._ Blessing, S. B.
SANG, _s._ Song, S. A. S.
_Wyntown._
SANGLERE, _s._ A wild boar; Fr. _sangliere_.
_Douglas._
SANGUANE, SANGUYNE, _adj._ Having the colour of blood; Fr. _sanguin_.
_Douglas._
SANOUROUS, _adj._ Healing.
_Houlate._
O. Fr. _san-er_, to heal.
SANRARE, L. _thesaurare_, treasurer.
_Houlate._
SANS, _prep._ Without, Fr.
_Douglas._
SAP, _s._ Liquid of any kind, taken with solid aliment, S.
Belg.
_Morison._
~Sapmoney~, _s._ Money allowed to servants for purchasing _sap_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Saps~, _s. pl._ Bread soaked or boiled in some nourishing liquid, as, _ale-saps_, _butter-saps_, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Isl. _saup_, Gael. _sabhs_, soup.
_To_ SAR, _v. a._ To vex, to gall.
_Wallace._
A. S. _sar-ian_, dolere.
SARBIT, _interj._ A kind of exclamation, S. A.
Supposed to be corr. from _sorrow a bit_.
_To_ SARD, _v. a._ To rub, to chafe.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _sard-a_, _serd-a_, cutem contrectare.
SARDE, _pret._ Galled.
V. ~Sar~.
SARE, _adj._ Sore.
V. ~Sair~, and _s_.
~Sare~, _s._
1. A sore, S.
_Douglas._
2. Mental pain, sorrow.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sar_, Sw. _saer_, dolor.
_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To soar.
_Douglas._
_To_ SARE, _v. n._ To savour.
V. ~Sawer~.
~Sareless~, _adj._ Unsavoury, S. B.
V. ~Sair~, _v._
_Ross._
SARGEAND, _s._ A squire.
_Bannatyne P._
O. Fr. _sergeant_, homme de guerre.
SARY, SAIRY, _adj._
1. Sorrowful.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sari_, _sarig_, tristis, moestus.
2. Sorry, wretched.
_Wyntown._
SARIOLLY, SARRALY, _adv._ Artfully.
_Barbour._
A. S. _searolice_, artificiose; _sear_ ars.
SARIT, _pret._ Vexed.
V. ~Sar~.
SARK, _s._ A shirt, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _syrc_, Su. G. _saerk_, indusium.
~Sarked~, ~Sarkit~, _part. pa._
1. Provided with shirts or shifts, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
2. Covered with thin deals, S.
~Sarkin~, _s._ The covering of wood above the rafters, S.
~Sarking~, _adj._ A designation of cloth for making coarse shirts, S.
_Spalding._
SARRALY, _adv._
V. ~Sariolly~.
_To_ SASE, _v. a._ To seize; Fr. _sais-ir_.
_Douglas._
SAT, _s._ A snare.
_Sir Tristrem._
Su. G. _saett_, _sata_, id.
SATE, _s._ Omission, trespass.
_Douglas._
Fr. _saut_, a leap.
~Satoure~, _s._ A transgressor.
_King's Quair._
_To_ SATIFIE, _v. a._ To satisfy.
O. Fr. _sattifier_, id.
_Crosraguel._
SATTERDAY, SATERDAY, _s._ Saturday.
A. S. _saeter daeg_, the day of Saturn.
~Setterdayis slop~, a gap ordained to be left in the cruives for catching salmon, in fresh waters, from Saturday after the time of Vespers, till Monday after sun-rise.
_Acts Ja. I._
SAUAGE, SAWAGE, _adj._
Intrepid.
_Wallace._
SAUCH, SAUGH, _s._ The willow, S.
_Lightfoot._
Sw. _saelg_, A. S. _salh_, O. Fr. _saulg_.
SAUCHT, SAUGHT, _part. pa._
1. Reconciled.
_Barbour._
A. S. _saeht_, id. Su. G. _saett-a_, conciliari.
2. At ease, in peace.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sackta_, tranquillus, pacificus.
~Saucht~, ~Saught~, _s._ Ease, tranquillity, S.
A. S. _sahte_, _saett_, peace.
_Ross._
~Sauchning~, ~Saughtening~, ~Sawchnyng~, _s._
1. Reconciliation.
_Douglas._
2. A state of quietness.
_Wallace._
SAUDALL, _s._ A companion.
_Burel._
Lat. _sodal-is_.
_To_ SAUF, _v. a._ To save.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _sauf_, safe.
SAUF, ~To Sauf~, _prep._ Saving.
_Wyntown._
~Saufe~, _s._ Salve.
_Douglas._
~Sauyn~, _s._ L. _saysin_, seizin.
_Douglas._
SAUL, SAWL, _s._ The soul, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _saul_, _sawel_, Moes. G. _saiwala_.
~Saules~, _adj._ Dastardly, mean, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Saull-prow~, _s._ Spiritual profit.
V. ~Prow~.
_Gawan and Gol._
SAULLIE, SAULIE, _s._ A hired mourner, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
From the repetition of _Salve Regina_.
_To_ SAUR, _v. n._
V. ~Sawer~.
* SAVOUR, _s._ Unction in preaching, S.
* ~Savoury~, _adj._ Possessing unction, S.
SAUT, _s._ Salt, S.
_Ramsay._
~Saut-fat~, _s._ A salt-cellar, S.
A. S. _sealt-faet_, id.
SAW, SAWE, _s._
1. A saying, a proverb, S. O. E.
A. S. _saga_, _sage_, dictum.
_Doug._
2. A discourse, an address.
_Barbour._
3. Language in general.
_Wyntown._
4. A legal decision.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _sag_, a suit.
5. An oracle, a prediction.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sage_, a foretelling.
_To_ SAW, _v. n._ To sow.
_Douglas._
A. S. _saw-an_, Su. G. Isl. _saa_, id.
_To_ SAW, _v. a._ To save.
_Douglas._
SAWCHYNG.
V. ~Sauchning~.
_Wallace._
SAWELY, L. _fawely_, few.
_Wallace._
_To_ SAWER, SAWR, SAUR, SARE, _v. n._ To savour.
_Barbour._
~Sawr~, _s._ Savour.
_K. Hart._
SAWSLY, _adv._ In pickle.
_Dunbar._
SAWT, _s._ Assault.
V. ~Salt~.
SAWTH, _p. v._ Saveth.
_Wallace._
SAX, _adj._ Six, S.
_Burns._
Moes. G. _saihs_, id.
~Saxt~, _adj._ Sixth.
_N. Burne._
~Saxté~, _adj._ Sixty, S.
_Wallace._
Moes. G, _saihstis_, id.
* SCAB, _s._ A gross offence.
_Z. Boyd._
SCAD, _s._ Any colour seen by reflection; or the reflection itself, S.
_Rutherford._
A. S. _scade_, umbra.
SCADLIPS, _s._ Thin broth, S. B.; hence more apt to _scald_ the _lips_.
_Ritson._
SCAFF, SKAFFIN, _s._
1. Food of any kind, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _skap_, provision.
2. Expl. merriment, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Scaffar~, _s._ A parasite.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _skaffare_, one who provides food.
~Scafferie~, _s_.
V. ~Skafrie~.
SCAIL, _s._ A sort of tub.
V. ~Skeel~.
_Sir Egeir._
SCALDRICKS, _s. pl._ Wild mustard, Loth.
V. ~Skelloch~.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SCALE, _v. a._
V. ~Skail~.
SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.
V. ~Skaik~.
_Dunbar._
SCALLIARD, _s._ A stroke, W. Loth.
Isl. _skell-a_, to strike, _skell-r_, a stroke.
SCALP, SCAWP, _s._
1. Land of which the soil is very thin, S.
_Ramsay._
A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.
2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.
_Sibbald._
~Scalpy~, ~Scaupy~, _adj._ Having thinness of soil, S.
_To_ SCAM, _v. a._ To scorch, S.
V. ~Skaumit~.
SCAMP, _s._ A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;
Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.
_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._
1. To shine, to make a great show.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.
2. To make a great shew in conversation, S. B.
3. To magnify in narration, S. B.
Su. G. _beskoen-a_, causam ornare verbis.
_To_ SCANCE, SKANCE, _v. a._
1. To reflect on, S.
_Philotus._
Su. G. _skoen-ia_, mentis acie videre.
2. To reproach; to make taunting or censorious reflections on the character of others, especially in an oblique manner, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. To give a cursory account of any thing, S.
_A. Douglas._
~Scance~, _s._
1. A cursory calculation, S.
2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.
SCANSYTE, _part. pa._ Seeming.
Su. G. _skin-a_, apparere.
_Wallace._
SCANT, _s._ Scarcity.
V. ~Skant~.
SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ Rafters which support the roof of a projection, Ang.
Teut. _schantse_, sepimentum muri.
~Scantlins~, _adv._ Scarcely, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Scantlishin~, _s._
1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.
2. Small remainder, ibid.
SCAPE, _s._ A bee-hive.
V. ~Skepp~.
SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, _s._
1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from which the sward has been washed down by rains, Loth.; also, _skard_.
_Lay Last Minstr._
2. A cliff, Ayrs.
_Burns._
Su. G. _skaer_, rupes, C. B. _esgair_, a ridge.
SCARCHT, _s._ A hermaphrodite, S. _Scart_.
A. S. _scritta_, id.
_Pitscottie._
SCARF, _s._ The corvorant; also, the shag, Orkn.
V. ~Scart~.
_Barry._
SCARMUS, _s._. A skirmish.
_Bellenden._
Ital. _scarramuccia_, L. B. _scaramutia_.
SCARPENIS, _s. pl._ Pumps; Fr. _escarpines_.
_Maitland P._
SCARSEMENT, _s._ The edge of a ditch on which thorns are to be planted, S.
_To_ SCART, _v. a._
1. To scratch, S.
_Cleland._
2. To scrape a dish with a spoon, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To scrape together money.
_More._
A. Norm. _escrat_; A. Bor. _scraut_.
~Scart~, _s._
1. A scratch, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A niggard, S.
3. A puny person, S.
~Scart-free~, _adj._ Without injury, S.
_Cleland._
~Scart~, _adj._ Puny.
_Dunbar._
~Scartle~, _s._ An iron instrument for cleaning a stable, Tweedd.
_J. Nicol._
SCART, SKART, SCARTH, SCARF, _s._ The corvorant, S.
_Houlate._
Norw. _skarv_, Isl. _skarf-ur_, id.
SCAS, _s._ Portion?
_Sir Gawan._
Alem. _scaz_, a penny; treasure.
_To_ SCASHLE, _v. a._ To use any piece of dress carelessly, S. B.
Isl. _skuasl_, quisquiliae.
SCATT, _s._ The name of a tax paid in Shetland.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. Isl. _skatt_, A. S. _sceat_, a tax, E. _shot_, _Scot and lot_.
SCAUD-MAN'S-HEAD, _s._ Sea urchin, S.
SCAUR, _s._
V. ~Scar~.
SCAURIE, SCOREY, _s._ The young of the herring-gull, Orkney.
_Neill._
Sw. _skiura_, Norw. _skiure_, id.
SCAWP, _s._
V. ~Scalp~.
SCELLERAR, _s._ One who has the charge of the _cellar_.
_Houlate._
L. B. _cellerar-ius_, id.
SCHACHT, _s._ Property.
_Henrysone._
Fland. _schacht lands_, a rood of land.
SCHAFTMON, SHAFTMON, SCHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches in length.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _scaeft-mund_, half a foot.
SCHAGHES, _s. pl._ Groves.
V. ~Schaw~.
SCHAIFE, SCHEIF, _s._
1. A bunch of arrows, twenty-four in number.
Alem. _scaph_, a quiver.
_Stat. Rob. I._
2. A certain quantity of iron or steel.
_Skene._
SCHAIK, TO-SCHAIK, _pret._ Shook.
_Douglas._
SCHAKERIS, SHAIKERS, _s. pl._
1. Thin plates of gold, silver, &c. hanging down.
_Douglas._
Teut. _schaeckier-en_, alternare.
2. Moisture distilling from flowers.
_Id._
SCHAKER-STANE, _s._ The stone-chatter, S. _stane-chacker_.
_Burel._
SCHALD, _adj._ Shallow; _shaul_, S.
A. S. _scylf_, a shelve.
_Barbour._
~Schald~, ~Shauld~, _s._ A shallow place.
_Douglas._
SCHALIM, SHALM, SHALIN, SHAWME, _s._ The cornet.
_Houlate._
Su. G. _skalmeia_, Teut. _schalmey_, a pipe.
SCHALK, _s._
1. A servant.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _scalc_, Su. G. Isl. _skalk_, id.
2. A knight.
_Gawan and Gol._
SCHAMON'S DANCE, Some kind of dance anciently used in S.
_Peblis to the Play._
SCHAND, SCHANE, _adj._ Elegant.
V. ~Scheyne~.
~Schand~, _s._ Elegance.
_Houlate._
SCHANK, _s._
1. The leg.
_Douglas._
2. The trunk of a tree.
_Douglas._
3. The stalk of an herb, S.
_Ruddiman._
4. In pl. stockings, Aberd.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _sceanc_, Su. G. _skank_, id.
_To_ ~Shank~, _v. a._
1. To travel on foot, S.
2. To knit stockings, Aberd.
_Ferguson._
~Shanker~, _s._ A female knitter of stockings, Aberd.
SCHANT, _part. adj._ Soiled.
_Maitl. P._
Teut. _schend-en_, to pollute.
_To_ SCHAPE, _v. n._
1. To contrive.
_Douglas._
2. To purpose, to intend.
_Id._
3. To endeavour.
_Id._
4. _v. a._ To prepare.
_Id._
5. To direct one's course.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sceap-ian_, facere, ordinare.
~Schapyn~, _part. pa._ Qualified.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sceapen_, ordinatus.
SCHARETS
V. ~Scherald~.
SCHAVELLING, _s._ One who has the Romish tonsure, one _shaven_.
_Charteris._
_To_ SCHAW, _v. a._ To shew.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sceaw-an_, id.
SCHAW, SCHAGH, _s._
1. A wood, a grove.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _skog_, Ir. Gael. _saeghas_, id.
2. Shade, covert.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skugga_, umbra.
~Schawaldouris~, _s. pl._ Wanderers in the woods, subsisting by hunting.
_Wynt._
_Schaw_, S. a wood, and A. S. _weallian_, to roam.
SCHAWME, _s._
V. ~Schalim~.
_To_ SCHED, _v. a._
1. To divide.
A. S. _scead-an_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. _To sched the hair_, to divide the hair in combing, S.
_To_ ~Sched~, ~Shed~, _v. n._ To part.
_Burel._
~Sched~, _s._ One quantity separated from another.
_Douglas._
~Sched~, ~Schede~, _s._ The division of the hair, S.
_Hudson._
SCHEIDIS, _s. pl._ Distances.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _scheide_, intervallum loci.
_To_ SCHEYFF, _v. n._ To escape.
_Wallace._
Teut. _schuyff-en_, to fly.
SCHEILD, _s._ A common shore.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _scelle_, terrae concavitas.
SCHEYNE, SCHENE, SCHANE, SCHAND, _adj._
1. Shining, bright.
_Douglas._
2. Beautiful.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _scen_, Su. G. _skon_, _skion_, id.
~Schene~, ~Schyne~, _s._ Beauty.
_Houlate._
SCHEIP-KEIPAR, _s._ Steward.
V. ~Scaff~.
_Bannatyne P._
SCHEL, SHEL, _s._ Shed for sheep.
V. ~Sheal~.
_Lyndsay._
SCHELL-PADDOCK, _s._ The land-tortoise.
_Watson._
Teut. _schild-padde_, testudo.
SCHELTRUM, _s._
V. ~Schiltrum~.
SCHENKIT, _part. pa._ Agitated.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _schwenck-en_, motitare.
SCHENT, _part. pa._
1. Confounded.
_Douglas._
2. Overpowered, overcome.
_Id._
3. Degraded.
_Id._
A. S. _scend-an_, confundere.
_To_ ~Schent~, _v. a._ To destroy.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Schent~, _v. n._ To go to ruin.
_Evergr._
SCHERALD, SCHERET, SCHARET, _s._ A green turf; _shirrel_, _shirret_, Aberd. Banffs.
_Bellenden._