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Germ. _scherr-en_, terras scalpere; _scharte_, fragmentum.

SCHERE, SHEER, _adj._ Waggish, S.

Teut. _scheer-en_, illudere, nugari.

_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ To divide.

_Doug._

~Schere~, ~Shear~, _s._ The parting between the thighs, S.

_Douglas._

~Schere-bane~, ~Shear-bane~, _s._ The _os pubis_, S.

SCHERENE, _s._ Syren.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ SCHETE, _v. a._ To shut.

_Douglas._

A. S. _scytt-an_, id.

SCHEWE, _pret._ Shove.

_Douglas._

SCHIDE, SCHYDE, SYDE, _s._

1. A billet of wood.

_Douglas._

2. A chip, a splinter.

_Id._

3. A large piece of flesh cut off.

_Id._

A. S. _scide_, a billet of wood.

~Schidit~, To ~Schid~, _part. pa._ Cloven.

Teut. _scheyd-en_, dividere.

_Douglas._

SCHIERE, _s._ Visage, mien.

_Gawan and Gol._

O. Fr. _chiere_, id.; Isl. _kioer_, conditio.

SCHILDERNE, SCHIDDEREM, _s._ A wild fowl.

_Acts Ja. VI._

SCHILTHRUM, SCHILTRUM, SCHYLTRUM, _s._ An host ranged in a round form.

_Barbour._

A. S. _sceoltruma_, coetus, cohors.

SCHILL, _adj._ Shrill, S.

_Douglas._

Alem. _scill-en_, _schell-en_, sonare; Belg. _schelle_, shrill.

SCHILL, SCHIL, _adj._ Chill. S. B.

_Douglas._

SCHYNBANDES, _pl._ Perhaps, armour for the ancles or legs.

_Sir Gawan._

Teut. _scheen-plaete_, ocrea.

SCHIP-BROKIN, _part. pa._ Shipwrecked.

Teut. _schip-broke_, shipwreck.

_Doug._

SCHIPFAIR, _s._ Navigation.

_Barbour._

A. S. _scip-fyrd_, navalis expeditio.

SCHIPPAR, _s._ A shipmaster.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

SCHIR, SCHYR, SYRE, SERE, _s._

1. Sir, lord.

_Wyntown._

2. In comp. in the sense of _father_, S.

V. ~Gudschyr~.

Goth. _sihor_, lord; Isl. _saera_, _Sira_, a praenomen expressive of dignity.

SCHIRE, SCHYRE, SHIRE, _adj._

1. Bright, E. _sheer_.

_Douglas._

2. Clear, not muddy, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. Thin in the texture, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

4. Pure, mere, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _scire_, Isl. _skir_, Germ. _schier_, purus.

_To_ SCHIRE, _v. a._ To pour off the thinner or lighter part of any liquid, Loth.

Su G. _skaer-a_, purgare, _skir-a_, emundare.

* SCHIREFF, _s._ A messenger.

_Buchanan._

SCHLUCHTEN, _s._ A hollow between two hills, Tweedd.

Su. G. _slutt_, declivis; Germ. _schluchte_, a ravine.

SCHO, _pron._ She, S.; _o_ as Gr. υ. _Barbour._

Moes. G. _so_, _soh_, Isl. _su_, A. S. _seo_, id.

_To_ SCHOG, _v. a._ To jog, S.

_Bannatyne P._

Teut. _schock-en_, _schuck-en_, id.

_To_ ~Schog~, ~Shog~, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.

_To_ ~Schog about~, _v. n._ To survive, S. B.

_Ross._

~Schog~, ~Shog~, _s._ A jog, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Schoggle~, _v. a._ To shake, S.

Teut. _schockel-n_, id.

_To_ ~Schoggle~, ~Shogle~, _v. n._ To dangle.

_Evergreen._

SCHOIR, _s._

V. ~Schor~, _s._

SCHONE, _pl._ Shoes, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _sceon_, Teut. _schoen_, id.

SCHONKAN, _part. pr._ Gushing.

Teut. _schenck-en_, fundere.

_Wallace._

SCHONKIT. _To schonkit_, shaken.

_Wallace._

Germ. _schwenk-en_, motitare.

SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _adj._

1. Steep, abrupt.

_Barbour._

Isl. _skoer_, Germ. _schor-en_, eminere.

2. Rough, rugged.

_Wallace._

_To_ SCHOR, _v. a._ To soar.

_Douglas._

Fr. _essor-er_, Ital. _sor-are_, in altum volare.

_To_ SCHOR, SCHORE, SCHOIR, _v. n._ To threaten, S.

_Douglas._

~Schor~, ~Schore~, ~Schoir~, _s._ A threatening, Loth.

V. ~Schor~, _adj._

_Barbour._

SCHORE, _s._ Shower.

_Douglas._

SCHORE CHIFTANE, High chieftain.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _schor_, altus, eminens.

_To_ SCHORT, _v. n._ To grow short.

Isl. _skort-a_, to be deficient.

_Dunbar._

_To_ ~Schort~, _v. a._

1. To curtail.

_Cleland._

2. To abbreviate, in regard to time.

_Douglas._

3. To amuse one's self, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Schorte~, _s._ A sneer; Teut. _scherts_, jocus.

_Douglas._

~Schortsum~, _adj._

1. Cheerful, S. B.

2. Causing cheerfulness, S. B.

_Rudd._

3. Applied to a pleasant situation.

_Buchan._

SCHOT, SCHOTE, SHOT, _s._ A projected window.

_Douglas._

Isl. _skirt-a_, prominere.

SCHOURE, _s._ A division in music.

Teut. _scheur_, _shore_, ruptura.

_Houlate._

SCHOURIS, SCHOWRIS, _s. pl._ Sorrows, throes.

_Philotus._

2. The pangs of childbirth, S.

Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere; _schaur_, tremor.

_To_ SCHOW, _v. a._

1. To shove.

_Doug._

2. _v. n._ To glide or fall down.

_Doug._

A. S. _scuf-an_, Belg. _schuyff-en_, trudere.

_To_ SCHOWD, SHOWD, _v. n._ To waddle in going, S. B.

_Ross._

Teut. _schudd-en_, quatere, agitare.

SCHREW, SCHROW, _s._ A worthless person.

_Douglas._

Germ. _be-schrey-en_, incantare; or A. S. _syrew-an_, insidiari.

_To_ SCHREW, SCHRO, _v. a._ To curse.

_Bannatyne P._

~Schrewit~, _part. adj._

1. Wicked, accursed.

_Douglas._

2. Unhappy, ill-boding.

_Id._

3. Poisonous, venomous.

_Id._

_To_ SCHRYFF, SCHRYWE, _v. a._ To hear a confession.

_Barbour._

A. S. _scryf-an_, Su. G. _skrift-a_, id.

SCHROUD, _s._ Apparel.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _scrud_, id.

_To_ SCHUDDER, _v. a._ To withstand.

E. to _shoulder_.

_Douglas._

SCHUGHT, SHUGHT, _part. adj._ Sunk, covered, S. B.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Su. G. _skygg-a_, obumbrare; or from _Seuch_. q. v.

SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ A shovel, S.

Belg. _school_, id.

_Monroe._

SCHUPE, _pret. v._

V. ~Schape~.

SCHURDE, _part. pa._ Dressed.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _scrydde_, _scrud_, indutus.

SCHURLING, SHORLING, _s._ The skin of a sheep that has been lately shorn.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ SCHUTE, _v. a._

1. To push.

Su. G. _skiut-a_, Teut. _schutten_, propellere.

2. To put off. _To shute by_, to delay, S.

Su. G. _skiut-a upp_, differre.

3. _To shute by_, to pass any particular time that is attended with difficulty, S.

4. _To schute about_, to be in ordinary health, S.

5. _No ill to shoot by_, or easily _shot about_, satisfied with a slight or homely meal, S.

_To_ SCHWNE, _v. n._ To shrink.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, timere.

V. ~Scunner~.

SCLADYNE, _s._ A chalcedony.

_Sir Gawan._

SCLAFFERT, _s._ A stroke on the side of the head, with the palm of the hand, S.

L. B. _eclaffa_, alapa; Languedoc, _esclafa_, to beat. Lat. _colaph-us_.

SCLAFFERT, _s._ The mumps, Loth.

SCLAITE, SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

L. B. _sclata_, assula; Fr. _esclat_, id.

_To_ SCLANDER, SKLANDER, _v. a._ To slander, S. B.

_Scots Confess._

~Sclander~, ~Sklandyr~, _s._ Slander, S. B.

Fr. _esclaundre_, id.

_Wallace._

~Sclanderar~, _s._

1. A slanderer, S.

2. One who brings reproach on others, by his conduct.

_Crosraguel._

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. a._ To huddle up, S.

V. ~Clatch~.

_To_ SCLATCH, _v. n._ To walk heavily, S.

~Sclatch~, _s._ A lubberly fellow, S.

SCLATCH, _s._ A stroke with the palm of the hand, Ang.

V. ~Clash~.

SCLATER, _s._ The wood-loose, S.

_Sibb._

SCLAVE, _s._ A slave.

_Douglas._

Fr. _esclave_, L. B. _sclav-us_.

SCLENDER, _adj._ Slender, S. B.

_Knox._

_To_ SCLENT, SKLINT, _v. n._

1. To slope, S.

2. To move obliquely, S.

_Douglas._

3. To hit obliquely, S.

_Knox._

4. Denoting immoral conduct.

_Semple._

Sw. _slant_, obliquus; _slint-a_, lapsare.

~Sclent~, ~Sklent~, _s._

1. Obliquity, S.

2. Acclivity, ascent, S.

_Ross._

~A-Sklent~, _adv._ Obliquely.

_Polwart._

~Sclentine Ways~, _adv._ Obliquely, S. B.

_Morison._

SCLAYS, _s._ A slice, S. B.

_Wyntown._

Germ. _schleiss-en_, rumpere.

SCLITHERS, _s. pl._ Loop stones lying in great quantities on the side of a rock, or hill, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

Germ. _schlitz-en_, disjungere.

_To_ SCOB, _v. n._ To sew clumsily, S.

SCOB, _s._

1. A splint, S.

2. In pl. the ribs of a basket, Ang.

Teut. _schobbe_, squama.

_To_ ~Scob~ _a skepp_, to fix cross rods in a bee-hive, S.

SCOB, _s._ An instrument for scooping, Clydes.

SCOB-SEIBOW, _s._

1. An onion that is allowed to remain in the ground during winter, S.

2. The young shoot from an onion, of the second year's growth, S.

SCOLL.

V. ~Skul~.

SCOLDER, _s._ The oyster-catcher, Orkn.

_Barry._

SCOMER, SKOMER, _s._ A smell-feast.

Belg. _schuymer_, id.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCOMFICE, SCONFICE, _v. a._

1. To suffocate, S.

_Ross._

2. _v. n._ To be stifled, S.

_Ibid._

Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, to discomfit.

SCON, _s._ A cake.

V. ~Skon~.

_To_ SCONCE, _v. a._ To extort, Ang.

_To_ SCONE, _v. a._ To beat with the open hand, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _skoyn-a_, Su. G. _sken-a_, leviter vulnerare.

SCOPIN, _s._ A quart-vessel.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Dunbar._

SCOREY, _a._ The brown and white gull. Orkn.

V. ~Scaurie~.

_Barry._

_To_ SCORN, _v. a._ To rally a young woman, by pretending that such a one is in suit of her. S.

_Ritson._

~Scorning~, _s._ Rallying of this kind, S.

_To_ SCORP, SCROP, SKARP, SKRAP, SKRIP, _v. n._ To mock, to gibe; _scrape_, Fife.

_Knox._

Su. G. _skrapp-a_, jactare se; Teut. _schrobb-en_, convitiari.

SCOTCH-GALE, _s._ Myrica gale, S.

_Lightfoot._

Belg. _gaghel_, pseudo-myrtus.

SCOTTE-WATTRE, SCOTTIS-WATTRE, the Frith of Forth.

_Goodal._

SCOTTIS SE, the Frith of Forth.

A. S. _Scottisc-sae_, id.

_Barbour._

SCOTTISWATH, _s._ Solway Frith.

V. ~Scotte-wattre~.

_Pinkerton._

A. S. _wad_, a ford.

_To_ SCOUG, _v. n._

V. ~Skug~, _v._ 2.

_To_ SCOUNGE, _v. n._

1. To go about like a dog, especially as catering for food, S.

Su. G. _skynd-a_, procurare.

2. To pilfer, Strathmore.

SCOUNRYT.

V. ~Scunner~.

_Barbour._

_To_ SCOUP, or ~Skoup aff~, _v. a._ To drink off, S. B.

O. Teut. _schoep-en_, to drink.

~Scoup~, _s._ A draught of any liquor, S. B.

SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._

1. Abundance of room, S.

2. Liberty of conduct, S.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Ferguson._

_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.

_Burel._

Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.

~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.

_Cleland._

~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._

1. A dancer.

_Knox._

2. A light unsettled person.

_Polwart._

SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.

A metaph. use of the E. _v._

_J. Nicol._

_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._

1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.

SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._

1. Liberty to range, S.

_Dalrymple._

2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.

_Ross._

3. Room.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.

Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_, frequenter cursitare.

SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.

Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.

SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.

V. ~Skaitbird~.

_Neill._

_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. pron. _scowther_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.

~Scowder~, _s._ A hasty toasting, so as slightly to burn, S.; Isl. _swide_, adustio.

SCOWMAR, _s._ A pirate, a corsair.

_Barbour._

Belg. _zee-schuymer_, a sea-rover.

SCOWRY, _adj._ Showery, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _scur_, imber.

SCOWRY, SCOURIE, _adj._

1. Shabby in appearance, S.

_Dunbar._

2. Mean in conduct, niggardly, S. O.

3. Appearing as if dried or parched, S. A.

Corr. from E. _scurvy_.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Scowrie~, _s._ A scurvy fellow, S. O.

_R. Galloway._

SCRAB, _s._

1. A crab-apple.

_Douglas._

Belg. _schrabb-en_, mordicare.

2. In pl. stumps of heath or roots, S. B.

_Ross._

SCRABBER, _s._ The Greenland dove.

_Martin._

_To_ SCRALL, _v. n._ To crawl.

_Hudson._

_To_ SCRAPE, _v. n._ To express scorn, Fife.

V. ~Scorp~.

SCRAPIE, _s._ A miser, S.

_To_ SCREED, SKREED, _v. a._

1. To rend, S.

_Ross._

2. To defame.

_Morison._

Isl. _skrida_, ruina montium; _skridn-a_, lacerari.

3. To talk frequently and facetiously, S.

_Farmer's Ha._

~Screed~, ~Skreed~, _s._

1. The act of rending, S.

2. The sound made in rending, S.

3. Any loud shrill sound, S.

_J. Nicol._

4. The thing that is torn off, S.

5. A dissertation, a harangue, S.

_Glenburnie._

6. A long list or catalogue, S.

_Beattie._

7. A hard bout at drinking, S.

8. Regarding immorality in general.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Screed aff~, _v. a._ To do any thing quickly, S.

_Ferguson._

SCREG, _s._ A cant term for a shoe, S.

_To_ SCREIGH, SKREIGH, _v. n._ To shriek, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _skrik-a_, vociferari.

~Screik~, ~Scryke~, _s._ Shriek, S. B.

_Douglas._

SCRENOCH, _s._

V. ~Scroinoch~.

SCRY, _s._ Noise.

V. ~Skry~.

SCRIBAT, _pret. v._ Jeered.

V. ~Scorp~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCRIBBLE, SCRABBLE, _v. a._ To tease wool, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Teut. _schrabb-en_, to scrub.

SCRIDDAN, _s._ A mountain torrent.

_Ross._

Isl. _skridn-a_, labascere.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. a._ To scratch, scrape, Ang.

Flandr. _schraeff-en_, radere.

~Scrieve~, _s._ A large scratch, Ang.

_To_ SCRIEVE, SKRIEVE, _v. n._ To move swiftly along.

_Burns._

Isl. _skref-a_, gradi; _skref_, gressus, passus.

SCRIEVE, _s._ Any thing written, S.

Teut. _schrijv-en_, to write.

_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly in continuation, S.

~Scrieve~, _s._ A conversation of this kind, S.

Su. G. _skraefw-a_, to rant, to rattle.

_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To magnify in narration, to fib, S.

Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, _scraef_, nugae.

~Scrift~, _s._ A fabrication, S.

_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To rehearse from memory, Ang.

Isl. _skrift_, scriptura, q. to rehearse from writing.

~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _s._ A recitation, properly from memory, S.

_A. Nicol._

SCRIM, _s._ Very thin coarse cloth, used for making blinds for windows, buckram, &c. S. B.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCRYM, _v. n._ To skirmish.

_Barbour._

Germ. _schirm-en_, _scrim-en_, pugilare.

~Scrymmage~, _s._ A skirmish.

_Wallace._

_To_ SCRIMP, SKRIMP, _v. a._

1. To straiten, as to food or money, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To straiten, in a general sense, S.

_Ross._

Germ. _schrump-en_, Su. G. _skrump-a_, corrugari.

~Scrimp~, _adj._

1. Scanty, narrow, S. _scrimpit_.

_Ross._

2. Contracted; applied to clothes, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Limited, not ample.

_Wodrow._

4. Deficient, as to mind.

_Ramsay._

~Scrimply~, _adv._ Sparingly, S.

_Walker._

SCRYNOCH, _s._

V. ~Scroinoch~.

SCRIP, _s._ A mock.

V. ~Scorp~.

_Wallace._

SCRIPTURE, _s._ A pencase.

Fr. _escriptoire_, id.

_Douglas._

SCROG, _s._ A stunted shrub, S.

_Lyndsay._

Germ. _schrag_, obliquus.

~Scroggy~, ~Skroggy~, _adj._

1. Stunted, S.

_Douglas._

2. Abounding with stunted bushes, S.

_Ramsay._

SCROINOCH, SCRYNOCH, _s._ Noise, tumult, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

Sw. _skraen_, clamor stridulus.

SCROOFE, SCRUFE, _s._

1. A thin crust of any kind, S.

_R. Bruce._

2. Money that is both thin and base.

_Knox._

Su. G. _skorf_, the _scurf_ of a wound.

~Scrufan~, _s._ A thin scurf; as, a _scrufan of ice_, S. B.

Su. G. _skrof_, glacies rara.

SCROPPIT, _adj._ Sordid.

_Bannatyne P._

Belg. _schrobben_, to scrub, _schrobber_, a mean fellow.

SCROW, SKROW, _s._ A scroll, S.

_Kennedy._

SCROW, _s._ The minute cancri observed in pools and springs, S.

_Sibbald._

SCRUBBIE, _s._

V. ~Scrab~.

SCRUBIE, _s._ The scurvy, S.

Su. G. _skoerbiug_, id.

~Scrubie-grass~, _s._ Scurvy-grass, S.

_To_ SCUD, _v. a._

1. To dust with a rod, S.

Su. G. _skudd-a_, excutere.

2. To beat with the open hand, S.

_To_ SCUD, _v. a._ To quaff. Loth.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _schudden_, Su. G. _skudd-a_, fundere.

SCUDLER, SCUDLAR, _s._ A scullion.

Teut. _schotel_, a plate, a dish.

_Wallace._

_To_ ~Scuff~, _v. a._

1. To graze, S.

_Ross._

Teut. _schuyv-en_, Su. G. _skuff-a_, E. _shove_.

2. To tarnish by frequent wearing, S.

3. _To scuff_, or _scuff about_, to wear as a drudge, S.

_To_ SCUG, _v. a._ To shelter.

V. ~Skug~.

SCULDUDRY, _s._ A term used in a ludicrous manner, to denote those causes which respect some breach of chastity, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _skulld_, a fault; Ir. _sgaldruth_, a fornicator.

SCULL, _s._ A shallow basket, S.

V. ~Skul~.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCULT, SKULT, _v. a._ To beat with the palm of the hand, S.

Isl. _skell_, _skellde_, diverbero palmis.

SCUM, _s._ A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.

SCUMFIT, _part. pa._ Discomfited.

Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, id.

_Wallace._

SCUNCHEON, _s._ A stone forming a projecting angle, S.

Germ. _schantse_, E. _sconce_, q. a bulwark.

_To_ SCUNNER, SCOUNER, _v. n._

1. To lothe, S.

_Cleland._

2. To surfeit, S. B.

3. To shudder at any thing.

_Pitscottie._

4. To hesitate from scrupulosity of mind.

_Wodrow._

5. To shrink back from fear.

_Barbour._

A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, aufugere, timere.

~Scunner~, ~Skunner~, ~Skonner~, _s._

1. Lothing, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _scunnung_, abomination.

2. A surfeit, S. B.

SCURDY, _s._ A moorstone, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _skord-a_, colloco firmiter.

SCURL, SKURL, _s._ A dry scab, S., from _scurf_.

SCURLY, _adj._ Opprobrious, Loth.

Fr. _scurrile_.

SCURROUR, SKOURIOUR, SKURRIOUR, s.

1. A scout.

_Wallace._

Fr. _escur-er_, to scour.

2. An idle vagrant.

_Ruddiman._

SCUSHIE, _s._ A cant term for money, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

SCUSIS, _pl._ Excuses.

_Burel._

Ital. _scusa_, an excuse.

SCUTARDE, _s._ One who has lost the power of retention.

V. ~Scout~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SCUTCH, _v. a._

1. To beat.

_Baillie._

2. _To scutch lint_, to separate flax from the rind, S.

Ital. _scutic-are_, id. E. _Scotch_.

_To_ SCUTLE, _v. a._ To pour from one vessel to another, often including the idea of spilling, S.

Isl. _gutl-a_, liquida moveo, et agito cum sonitu.

~Scutles~, _s. pl._ Any liquid that has been tossed from one vessel to another, S.

SE, _s._ Seat, residence.

_Douglas._

SE, _s._ The sea.

_Barbour._

SEA-COULTER, _s._ The puffin.

_Sibbald._

SEA-HEN, _s._ The lyra, a fish.

_Sibbald._

SEA-PIET, _s._ Pied oyster-catcher, S.

_Stat. Acc._

SEA-SWINE, _s._ The wrasse, S.

_Sibb._

SEA-TOD, _s._ A species of wrasse.

_Sibb_.

SEAM, _s._ The work at which a woman sews, S.

Fr. _seme_, id.

SEATER, _s._ A meadow, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

Norw. _saeter_, pasture for cattle; Isl. _saetur_, pascua.

SEATH, SEETH, SETH, SAITH, SEY, _s._ The coal-fish, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. _seid_, fœtura asellorum minuta.

SECRET, _s._ A coat of mail concealed under one's usual dress.

_Cromarty._

SEDEYN, _adj._ Sudden.

_Wallace._

SEDULL, _s._ A schedule.

_Wallace._

SEED-BIRD, _s._ A sea-fowl, S. A.

_Statist. Acc._

SEED-FOULLIE, _s._ The wagtail. S.

Q. _seed-fowl_; Su. G. _saed_, and _fugl_.

_To_ SEEK, _v. a._ To attack.

V. ~Soucht~.

_To_ SEEK one's _meat_, to beg, S.

SEELFU', _adj._ Pleasant.

V. ~Seilfu'~.

To SEETHE, _v. n._ To be nearly boiling, S. B.

To SEFOR, _v. a._ To save.

V. ~Safer~.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ SEG, SEYG, _v. n._

1. To fall down.

2. Metaph. applied to the influence of intoxicating liquor, S. B.

_Morison._

Su. G. Isl. _sig-a_, subsidere, delabi.

SEG, SEGG, _s._ The yellow flower-de-luce, S.

_Lightfoot._

A. S. _secg_, Fland. _segge_, id.

SEGE, _s._

1. A soldier.

_Wallace._

A. S. _secg_, id.

2. Man, in a general sense.

_Douglas._

SEGE, _s._

1. A seat; properly, of dignity; Fr. _siege_.

_Barbour._

2. A see.

_Acts Ja. V._

~Segyt~, _part. pa._ Seated.

_Wyntown._

SEGG, _s. Bull-seg_, an ox that has been gelded at his full age, S.

Isl. _sag-a_, secare; _sigd-a_, gramen secare falculo.

_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To assay.

V. ~Say~.

~Sey~, ~Say~, _s._

1. A trial.

_Wallace._

2. An attempt of any kind, S.

~Sey-piece~, ~Say-piece~, _s._ A piece of work performed by a craftsman, as a proof of skill, S.

_Ferguson._

SEY, _s._ The coal-fish.

V. ~Sye~.

_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To strain any liquid, S.

Isl. _sy-a_, A. S. _se-on_, percolare.

~Sey-dish~, _s._ The searce used for straining, S.

Isl. _sij_, Teut. _sijgh_, a strainer.

SEY, _s._

1. The seam which runs under the arm, S.

2. The back bone of a beeve being cut up, the one side is called the _fore-sey_, the other the _back-sey_. The latter is the surloin, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _sega_, portiuncula; Dan. _seje_, a muscle.

SEY, _s._ A woollen cloth, formerly made by families for their own use, S.

_Ritson._

SEY, _s._ The sea.

_Douglas._

~Sey-fair~, _adj._ Sea faring.

_Act Sed._

SEIBOW, SEBOW, _s._ A young onion, S.

O. Fr. _cibo_, id.

_Calderwood._

SEYD, _s._ A sewer, Ang.

Teut. _sode_, canalis; Su. G. _saud_, a well.

_To_ SEYG, _v. n._ To sink.

V. ~Seg~.

_To_ SEIL, _v. a._ To strain.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _sil-a_, id. _sil_, a straining dish.

SEILDYN, SELDYN, _adv._ Seldom.

_Wallace._

A. S. _seldan_, Isl. _sialldan_, id.

SEILE, SEYLE, SELE, _s._ Happiness, S. B.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _saell_, happy, Isl. _saela_, happiness.

~Seily~, ~Seely~, _adj._ Happy.

_Seely Wights_, and _Seely Court_, name given to the fairies.

_Pop. Ball._

Teut. _seelig_, _selig_, beatus.

~Seilfu'~, ~Seelfu'~, _adj._ Pleasant, S. B.

_Ross._

To SEYN, _v. a._ To consecrate.

V. ~Synd~.

SEYNDILL, SEINDLE, SENDYLL, _adv._ Seldom; pron. _sindle_, Loth. _senil_, S. O. _seenil_, S. B.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. _saen_; _saender_, singulus.

~Seindle~, ~Sindle~, _adj._ Rare, S. _seenil_, S. B.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SEYNE, _v. a._ To see.

_Wallace._

SEYNE, _s._ A sinew.

_Wallace._

Germ. _sene_, id.

SEINYE, SENYE, SENYHÉ, SEINGNY, _s._ A synod, a consistory.

_Knox._

O. Fr. _sane_, A. S. _seonath_, a synod; Teut. _seyne_, id.

_To_ SEJOYNE, _v. a._ To disjoin.

Lat. _sejung-o_.

_R. Bruce._

SEIR, SERE, _adj._ Several.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _saer_, adv. denoting separation.

SEYNITY, L. _seynily_, signal.

_Gawan and Gol._

SEIR, _s._ Uncertain.

_Gawan and Gol._

SEIS, _pl._

1. Seats.

_Pal. Hon._

2. Thrones.

V. ~Se~, _s._ 1.

_Lyndsay._

SEIS, _s. pl._ Times.

V. ~Syis~.

SEISTAR, _s._ The sistrum.

_Burel._

Fr. _sistre_, a kind of brazen timbrell.

SEITIS, _s. pl._ Plants or herbs.

_Doug._

A. S. _seten_, planta.

_Sets_, S. slips of flowers.

SEKER, _adj._ Firm.

V. ~Sicker~.

SELABILL, _adj._ Delightful.

_Douglas._

SELCHT, SELCHIE, _s._ A seal, S. _selch_.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _selc_, _seolc_, phoca.

SELCOUTH, _adj._ Strange.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _sel-cuth_, rarus, insolitus.

SELE, _s._ Happiness.

V. ~Seile~.

SELE, _s._ A yoke for binding cattle in the stall, S.

Su. G. _sele_, a collar, a yoke.

SELF, SELFF, _adj._ Same.

_Barbour._

A. S. _self_, Su. G. _sialf_, ipse.

SELY, _adj._ Poor, wretched, S. _silly_.

Su. G. _selig_, id.

_Wallace._

SELY, _adv._ Wonderfully.

_Maitl. P._

A. S. _sellic_, id.

SELKHORN, _s._

V. ~Shilfcorn~.

SELLAT, _s._ A head-piece for foot-soldiers.

Fr. _salade_, Hisp. _celada_.

_Doug._

SELLOCK, _s._ A fish.

V. ~Silluk~.

SEMBLANT, SEMBLAND, _s._ Appearance, shew.

Fr. _semblant_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ SEMBLE, _v. n._ To assemble.

_Doug._

~Semblay~, ~Semlay~, ~Semble~, ~Semele~, _s._

1. Meeting, interview.

_Wallace._

2. Act of assembling.

_Wallace._

3. An assembly.

_Wyntown._

4. Hostile rencountre.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _saml-a_, Dan. _saml-er_, id.

~Sembland~, _s._ An assembly.

_Wyntown._

_To_ SEMBYL, _v. n._ To make a wry mouth, in derision or scorn, S. _to shamble_.

_Douglas._

Lat. _simul-are_, to counterfeit.

SEMPLE, _adj._

V. ~Sympill~.

SEN, _conj._ Since, seeing, S.

_Douglas._

SEN, _prep._ Since, S.

_Douglas._

~Sen Syne~, since that time.

_Wallace._

Contr. from A. S. _seoth-than_, Su. G. _sidan_, postea.

SEN, _s._ Filth.

Lat. _san-ies_, id.

_Douglas._

SEND, _adv._ Then, thereafter.

_Priests Peblis._

Teut. _sind_; Su. G. _sendan_, deinde, the same with _Syne_, q. v.

SEND, _s._

1. Mission, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. The messengers sent for the bride at a wedding, S. B.

V. ~Saynd~.

SENDYLL, _adv._ Seldom.

V. ~Seindle~.

SENYHÉ, _s._ An assembly.

V. ~Seinye~.

SENYHÉ, _s._ Badge worn in battle.

O. Fr. _seingnie_, Lat. _sign-um_.

_Wynt._

SENON, _s._ A sinew, S.

_Wallace._

Belg. _senuwen_, Sicamb. _senen_, id.

SENS, _s._ Incense.

_Bellenden._

_To_ SENSE, _v. n._ To scent.

_Kelly._

SENSYMENT, SENSEMENT, _s._ Sentiment, judgment.

_Douglas._

SENSYNE, _adv._

V. ~Sen~.

SENTHIS, _adv._ Hence.

_Gl. Sibb._

SERD, _pret. v._ Served.

V. ~Sair~, _v._

_Wallace._

SERE, _adj._ Several.

V. ~Seir~.

SERE, _adv._ Eagerly;

A. S. _sare_, id.

_Douglas._

SERE, _s._ Sir, Lord.

V. ~Schir~.

_To_ SERF, _v. a._

V. ~Serve~.

_Douglas._

SERGE, SIERGE, _s._ A taper, a torch.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _cierge_, a large wax-candle, a flambeau.

SERGEAND, _s._

1. A squire; O. Fr. id.

_Wyntown._

2. An inferior officer in a court of justice.

_Skene._

SERYT, L. _cryt_, cried.

_Wallace._

SERMONE, SERMOND, _s._ Discourse.

O. Fr. id.

_Bellenden._

SERPLATHE, _s._ Eighty stones of wool.

Fr. _sarpilliere_, E. _sarp-cloth_.

_Skene._

_To_ SERS, SEIRS, _v. a._ To search.

_Douglas._

_To_ SERVE, SERF, SERWE, _v. a._ To deserve.

_Wallace._

SERUIABLE, _adj._ Active.

_Douglas._

SERVITE, SERVYTE, _s._ A table napkin, S.

_Spalding._

Fr. _serviette_, Teut. _servett_, id.

SESSION, SESSIOWN, _s._ The consistory, or parochial _eldership_ in Scotland, S.

_Knox._

~Sessioner~, _s._ A member of the _session_ or consistory.

_Wodrow._

_To_ SET, _v. a._ To lease, S.

_Wyntown._

~Set~, _s._ A lease, S.

_Spotswood._

~Setter~, _s._ One who lets out any thing for hire, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ SET, _v. a._

1. To beset.

_Wyntown._

2. To lay snares.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _saett-a_, insidias struere.

~Set~, _s._ A gin or snare.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _sata_, insidiae feris positae.

SET, _s._

1. The spot in a river, where stationary nets are fixed, S.

_Law Case._

2. The net thus set, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _saett-a ut et naet_, to spread a net.

SET, _s._ Attack, onset, S.

_Ross._

SET, _s._ Kind, manner, S.

Su. G. _saett_, id.

_To_ SET, _v. a._

1. To become one, as to manners, rank, merit, &c. S.

_Barbour._

2. To become, as to dress, S.

_Bannatyne P._

3. _Setting_, _part. pr._ Having a prepossessing appearance, or natural gracefulness of manner, S.

_Ross._

Su. G. _saet-a_, convenire.

SET, _s._ The chartered constitution of a borough, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _saet-an_, constituere.

_To_ SET _after ane_, _v. a._ To pursue one, S.

Su. G. _saetta after en_, id.

_To_ SET _aff_, _v. n._ To go away, S.

SET, SETT, _conj._ Though.

_Wallace._

Perh. the imperat. of the _v._

* SET, _part. pa._ Disposed, S.

_Douglas._

_Ill set_, cross-grained.

_Ruddiman._