Part 43
SETH, _s._ Coalfish.
V. ~Seath~.
SETHILL, _s._ A disease affecting sheep in the side, S. B.
A. S. _sid-adl_, lateris dolor; or q. _side-ill_.
SETT, _pret._ Ruled.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _sett-an_, disponere.
SETTING, _s._ A weight in Orkney, containing 24 marks.
_Skene._
SETTREL, SETTEREL, _adj._ Thickset, S.B.
_Journal Lond._
SETTRIN, SET RENT, _s._ The portion of a servant or cottager, consisting of different kinds of food, Ang. Perths.
_Ruddiman._
SETS, _s. pl._ Corn in small stacks, Loth.
Isl. _sate_, Su. G. _saata_, cumulus foeni.
SEUCH, SEWCH, _s._
1. A furrow, S.
_Douglas._
2. A gulf.
_Pal. Hon._
Sw. _sog_, colluvies, Lat. _sulc-us_.
_To_ ~Seuch~, _v. a._ To divide.
_Douglas._
Lat. _sulc-are_.
SEUIN STERNES, the Pleiades, S.
_Douglas._
SEW, _pret. v._ Sowed.
_Douglas._
SEWANE, _s._ Uncertain.
_Douglas._
SEWAN BELL, Perh. recollection-bell.
Fr. _souvient_.
_Dunbar._
SEWANS, L. _sewaris_, sewers.
_Houlate._
SEX, _adj._ Six.
V. ~Sax~.
_Wyntown._
SH. For words not found printed in this form, V. ~Sch~.
SHABLE, SHABBLE, _s._
1. A crooked sword, or hanger.
_Colvil._
Su. G. Dan. Belg. _sabel_, id.
2. An old rusty sword, S.
3. Any little person or thing, Strathm.
_To_ SHACH, _v. a._ To distort; pret. _shacht_, S.
Isl. _skag-a_, deflectere, _skack-ur_, obliquus.
~Shach-end~ _of a web_, the fag-end, S. B.
_To_ ~Shachle~, _v. a._ To distort from the proper shape or direction, S.
_Burns._
_Shachlin_, unsteady, infirm, S.
~Shachle~, _s._ Any thing worn out, S. B.
_To_ ~Shachle~, ~Shochel~, _v. n._ To shuffle in walking, S.
_Kelly._
SHACKLE-BANE, _s._
1. The wrist, S.
_Ramsay._
Q. the bone on which shackles are fixed.
SHAFT, _s._ A handle, S.
Su. G. _skaft_.
SHAFTS, _s._ A kind of woollen-cloth, Aberd.
_Stat. Acc._
SHAG, _s._ The refuse of barley, S.
Su. G. _shaegg_, hair.
_To_ SHAK _one's crap_, to give vent to one's ill humour, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ SHAK _a fa'_, to wrestle, S.
_Ross._
SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ A temporary bed made on the floor, S.
_Pop. Ball._
SHALE, _s._ Alum ore, S.
SHALLOCH, _adj._ Plentiful, Mearns.
Isl. _skiol-a_, operire, tegere.
_To_ SHAM, _v. a._ To strike, Loth.
_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._
1. To rack the limbs by striding, Ang.
2. To make a wry mouth, S.
_Shamble chafts_, wry mouth, S. B.
_Forb._
SHAMLOCK, _s._ A cow that has not calved for two years, W. Loth.
Gael. _simlach_, id.
SHAMS, _s. pl._ Legs.
Fr. _jambes_, id.
SHAN, _adj._ Silly, paltry, Loth.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _scande_, Teut. _schande_, dedecus.
SHANGAN, _s._ A stick cleft at one end, for putting the tail of a dog in, S.
V. ~Shangie~.
_Burns._
_To_ ~Shangie~, _v. a._ To inclose in a cleft piece of wood, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
SHANGIE, _s._ A shackle that runs on the stake to which a cow is bound in the _byre_.
SHANGIE, _adj._ Thin, meagre, S.
Gael. _seang_, small, slender.
SHANK _of a hill_, the projecting point of a hill, S.
SHANK _of a coal mine_, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.
A. S. _senc-an_, to sink.
SHANKS, _s. pl._
V. ~Schank~.
~Shankum~, _s._ A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.
SHANNACH, _s._ A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also _shinicle_.
Gael. _samhnag_, _samh'-in_, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.
_To_ SHAPE _away_, _v. a._ To drive away.
_Godly Sangs._
Germ. _schieb-en_, _schupf-en_, to drive.
SHARGAR, SHARGER, _s._
1. A lean person, a scrag.
Belg. _scraghe_, id.
_Ross._
2. A weakly child, S.; also _shargan_.
_Ross._
Gael. _seirgne_, sickly; _seirg_, a consumption.
SHARN, SHEARN, _s._ The dung of oxen or cows, S.
_R. Galloway._
A. S. _scearn_, Fris. _scharn_, dung.
~Sharny~, _adj._ Bedaubed with cows' dung, S.
_Ramsay._
~Sharny-peat~, _s._ A cake of cows' dung mixed with coal-dross. S.
SHARRACHIE, _adj._ Cold, chill, Ang.
SHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches.
V. ~Schaftmon~.
_Ritson._
SHAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ A slice, S.
Belg. _schyf_, a round slice.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SHAVE, _v. a._ To sow, Aberd.; _shaw_, Buchan.
SHAVER, _s._ A wag, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
SHAULING, _s._ The act of killing salmon by means of a leister, S. A. from E. _shallow_.
_Stat. Acc._
SHAUP, _s._
1. The husk, S.
2. An empty person.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _schelp_, putamen, Isl. _skalp_, vagina.
SHAWS, _pl._ The foliage of esculent roots, S.
_Courant._
Teut. _schawe_, umbra.
SHEAL, SCHELE, SHEIL, SHIELD, SHIELLING, SHEELIN, _s._
1. A hut, or residence for those who have the care of sheep, S.
_Pennant._
2. A hut for fishermen, S.
_Law Case._
3. A shed for sheltering sheep during night, S.
4. A cottage for sportsmen, S.
_Statist. Acc._
5. _Wynter schelis_, winter quarters.
_Bellenden._
6. A nest for a field mouse.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _sael_, domuncula aestiva in montanis; Su. G. _skale_, Isl. _skali_, a cottage.
_To_ ~Sheal~, ~Shiel~, _v. a._ To put sheep under cover, S.
_Ross._
_To_ SHEAL, _v. a._ To take the husks off seeds, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Belg. _scheel-en_, A. S. _sceal-ian_, to shell.
_To_ SHEAR, SCHEIR, _v. a._
1. To cut down corn with the sickle, S.
2. To reap, in general, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Shearer~, _s._
1. One employed in cutting down corn, S.
_Hudson._
2. In a general sense, a reaper, S.
Su. G. _skaer-a_, metere, falce secare.
~Shearin~, _s._
1. The act of cutting down corn, S.
_A. Douglas._
2. Harvest in general, S.
SHEAR-KEAVIE, _s._ The cancer depurator. Loth.
SHEARN, _s._
V. ~Sharn~.
SHEAVE, _s._ A slice, S.
V. ~Shave~.
SHED, _s._ A portion of land, as distinguished from that which is adjacent, S.
A. S. _scead-an_, Teut. _scheyd-en_, separare.
SHED, _s._ The interstice between the different parts of the warp in a loom, S.
_Adam._
SHEDE, _s._ A slice, S. B.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ ~Sheed~, _v. a._ To cut into slices, S. B.
SHEEN _of the ee_, the pupil of the eye, S. B.
SHEEVE, _s._ A slice.
V. ~Shave~.
SHEIMACH, _s._ A kind of bass made of straw or _sprot_-ropes plaited, on which panniers are hung, Mearns.
_Gl. Sibb._
Gael. _sumag_, a pack-saddle, A. S. _seam_, sarcina jumentaria.
SHEIMACH, _s._ A thing of no value, S. B.
SHEEP-ROT, _s._ Butterwort, an herb, S. B.
SHEEPS-SILLER, _s._ Common Mica, S.
SHELL. _Scarcely out of the shell yet_; applied to young persons who affect something beyond their years, S.
SHELLYCOAT, _s._
1. A spirit, supposed to reside in the waters, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. A bum-bailiff, Loth.
_Ferguson._
SHELM, _s._ A rascal.
Fr. id.
_Melvil._
SHELTIE, _s._ A horse of the smallest size, S.
_Martin._
Perh. corr. from _Shetland_, Dan. _Hialtland_.
SHEPHROA, _s._ A piece of female dress.
_Watson._
SHEUCH, _s._ A furrow, S.
V. ~Seuch~.
_To_ ~Sheuch~, ~Shugh~, _v. a._ To lay plants in the earth, before they are planted out, S.
_To_ SHEVEL, _v. a._ To distort, S.
_Shevelling-gabbit_, q. having a distorted mouth.
V. ~Showl~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Shevel~, _v. n._ To walk in an unsteady and oblique sort of way, S.
SHIACKS, _s. pl._ Light black oats, variegated with grey stripes, having beards like barley, S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _skaeck_, variegated.
SHILFA, SHILFAW, _s._ The chaffinch, S.
_Mary Stewart._
SHILFCORN, S.; SELKHORN, _s._ A thing which breeds in the skin, resembling a small maggot. S.
_Colvil._
SHILLING, SCHILLING, SHILLEN, _s._ Grain that has been freed from the husk, S.
_Dunbar._
~Shillin Seeds~, the outermost husk of corn that is ground, after being separated from the grain, S.
SHILMONTS, SHELMENTS, _s. pl._
1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for carrying a load of hay, S.
2. The longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-bodied or close cart, Loth.
SHILPIE, SHILPIT, _adj._
1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.
_Waverly._
Su. G. _skaell_, insipidus, aquosus.
2. Of a sickly colour, often _shilpit-like_, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.
Teut. _schelp_, putamen.
SHILVINS, _s. pl._ Rails that fixed the _rungs_ which formed the body of a cart, Ang.
Su. G. _skelwing_, paries intergerinus.
_To_ SHIMMER, _v. n._ To shine.
V. ~Skimmerin~.
_Ritson._
SHINICLE, _s._
V. ~Shannach~.
SHINTY, _s._
1. An inferior species of _golf_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The club or stick used in playing, S.
Ir. _shon_, a club.
SHIPPER, _s._ A shipmaster.
_Pitscottie._
SHIRLES, _s. pl._ Turfs for fuel, Aberd.
V. ~Scherald~.
SHIRROT, _s._ A turf or _divot_, Banffs.
V. ~Scherald~.
SHIRT, _s._ Wild mustard.
_Gl. Sibb._
SHIRRAGLIE, _s._ A broil, Loth.
Su. G. _skurigla_, increpare.
SHIT, _s._ A contemptuous designation for a child, S.
_Polwart._
E. _chit_; Ital. _cito_, puer, puella.
SHOCHLING, _part. pr._ Used metaph., apparently in the sense of mean, paltry.
V. ~Shachle~.
_Ramsay._
SHODE-SHOOL, _s._ A wooden shovel, shod with iron, S. B.
_Watson._
SHOES, _s. pl._ The rind of flax, S., same with _shaws_.
_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ To push off from the shore in a boat, or to continue the course in casting a net, S. B.
_Law Case._
_To_ SHOP, _v. n._ To rap.
V. ~Chap~.
_R. Bruce._
SHORE, _s._ The prop used in constructing _flakes_ for inclosing cattle, S. A.
_Battle Flodden._
Teut. _schoore_, fulcimen, Isl. _skur_, suggrundia.
_To_ SHORE, _v. a._ To count, to reckon, S.
Su. G. _skor-a_, to mark.
~Shore~, _s._ Debt.
_Godly Sangs._
_To_ SHORE, _v. a._
1. To threaten.
V. ~Schor~, _v._
2. To offer, S. O.
_Burns._
SHORT, _adj._ Laconic and tart, S.
_R. Bruce._
SHOT, _s._
1. A stroke or move in play, S.
_Graeme._
2. Aim, object in view.
_Baillie._
SHOT, _s. To begin new shot, new bod_, to begin any business _de novo_, S. B.
SHOT. _To come shot_, to succeed, S.
Teut. _schot_, proventus.
_Gl. Shirr._
SHOT, _s. Shot of ground_, plot of land, Loth.
Su. G. _skoet_, angulus.
SHOT, _s._ The wooden spout by which water is carried to a mill, S.
SHOT, _s._ A kind of window.
V. ~Schott~.
SHOT, s.
1. The spot where fishermen are wont to let out their nets, S. B.
_Law Case._
2. The sweep of a net, S. B.
_Ibid._
Teut. _schote_, jaculatio.
SHOT, _s._
V. ~Elfshot~.
SHOT-ABOUT, _adj._ Striped of various colours, S. A. from _shooting_ shuttles alternately.
_Gl. Sibb._
SHOT-BLED, _s._ The blade from which the ear afterwards issues, S. _shot-blade_.
_Z. Boyd._
SHOTS, _s. pl._ The buckets of a mill-wheel, S. B.
SHOTT, _s._ An ill-grown ewe, S.O.
_Statist. Acc._
SHOTTLE, _adj._ Short and thick, S. B.
SHOTTLE, _s._ A drawer.
V. ~Shuttle~.
SHOULFALL, _s._ The chaffinch, S.
_Sibbald._
_To_ SHOWD, _v. n._ To waddle.
V. ~Schowd~.
SHOWERS, _s. pl._ Throes, S.
_Rutherford._
_To_ SHOWL, _v. a._ To showl one's mouth, to distort the face, S. B. _Shevel_, S. O.
Su. G. _skaelg_, Germ. _scheel_, obliquus.
SHUCKEN, _s._ Mill-dues.
V. ~Sucken~.
_To_ SHUE, _v. a._ To scare fowls, S.
Germ. _scheuch-en_, id.
SHUE, _s._ The amusement in E. called _Tettertotter_, S.
_To_ ~Shue~, _v. n._ To play at see-saw, S.
~Shuggie-shue~, _s._ A swing, S. from _shog_ and _shue_.
SHUIL, _s._ A shovel.
V. ~Schuil~.
SHUNNERS, _s. pl._ Cinders, Aberd.
_To_ SHUTE ~a-dead,~ to die, S. B.
SHUTTLE, SHOTTLE, _s._
1. A small drawer, S.
_Hamilton._
2. A till in a shop, S.
3. A box in a chest, S.
Isl. _skutill_, mensa parva.
SIB, SIBB, _adj._ Related by blood, S.
A. S. _sib_, consanguineus.
_Skene._
~Sibman~, _s._ A relation.
_Barbour._
~Sibnes~, _s._
1. Propinquity of blood, S.
_Reg. Maj._
2. Relation, metaph. used, S.
_Guthrie._
SIBBENS, _s._
V. ~Sivvens~.
SIC, SICK, SIK, _adj._ Such, S.
V. ~Swilk~.
_Douglas._
~Sickin~, ~Sikkin~, _adj._ Such kind of.
_Maitland P._
~Sicklike~, _adj._ Of the same kind, S.
~Sicklike~, _adv._ In the same manner.
_Baillie._
~Sicwyse~, _adv._ On such wise.
_Douglas._
SYCHT, _s._
1. Sight, S.
2. Regard, respect.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ~Sicht~, ~Sight~, _v. a._ To inspect, S.
_Baillie._
~Sicht~ _of the ee_, the pupil, S.
~Sight~, _s._ A station whence fishers observe the motion of salmon in a river, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Sight~, _v. a._ To spy fish in the water from the banks, in order to direct the casting of the net, S. B.
_Ibid._
~Sightman~, _s._ A fisherman who watches the approach of salmon, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SICK, _s._ Sickness, S. B.
Su. G. _siuk-a_, Germ. _seuche_, id.
SICKER, SIKKER, SIKKIR, SIKKAR, SEKER, _adj._
1. Secure, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Free from care.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting assurance of mind.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
4. Denoting the effect.
_Wallace._
5. Cautious in mercantile transactions, S.
_Pop. Ball._
6. Possessing a solid judgment, S. B.
_Ross._
7. Denoting preciseness in speech, S.
Su. G. _seker_, _siker_, Isl. _seigr_, Germ. _sicher_, Belg. _zeker_, C. B. _sicer_, id.
~Sickerly~, _adv._
1. Firmly, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Smartly, regarding a stroke, S.
_Baillie._
~Sickerness~, _s._ Security, S. B.
_Bur. Lawes._
SICKRIFE, _adj._ Slightly sick, S.
SIDE, SYDE, _adj._
1. Hanging low, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sid_, Isl. _sidr_, demissus.
2. Late, S. B.
Moes. G. _seitho_, sero; A. S. _sidesta_, serissime.
SIDE-ILL, _s._
V. ~Sethill~.
_Pop. Ball._
SYDIS, _pl._ Cuts of flesh.
_Douglas._
SYDLINGIS, SIDELINS, _adv._
1. Side by side.
_Lyndsay._
2. Obliquely, not directly, S.
~Sideling~, _adj._
1. Having a declivity, S.
2. Oblique, as to discourse, S.
_Ross._
SYE, _s._ The sea.
_Douglas._
SYE, _s._ A coalfish.
V. ~Seath~.
_Stat. Acc._
SIERGE, _s._ A taper.
V. ~Serge~.
SIGNIFERE, _s._ The Zodiac, Lat.
_K. Quair._
SIGONALE, _s._ L. as in MS., _suponale_, perhaps a plate, or basket; Lat. _sup-pon-ere_.
_Houlate._
SYIS, SYISS, SYSS, SEIS, _s. pl._ Times; _fele syis_, _oft syss_.
V. ~Syith~.
_Barbour._
SYISS, SYSE, _s._ Sice, at dice;
Fr. _six_.
_Bannatyne P._
SYITH, SYTH, _s._ Times.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sithe_, Moes. G. _sintha_, vices.
SIKE, SYIK, SYK, _s._
1. A rill, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sic_, sulcus aquarius; Isl. _sijk_, rivulus.
2. A marshy bottom, with a small stream in it.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SIKE, _v. a._ To cause to sigh.
_K. Quair._
~Siking~, _s._ Sighing.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _sic-an_, id. Su. G. _sikt_, a sigh.
SIKKIN, _adj._
V. under ~Sic~.
SIL, SILL, _s._ A billet.
_Douglas._
A. S. _syl_, a post.
SILDER, _s._ Silver, Ang.
_A. Nicol._
_To_ SILE, SYLE, SYLL, _v. a._
1. To blindfold.
_More._
2. To hide, to conceal.
_Godly Sangs._
O. Fr. _cill-er_, _sil-ir_, _sill-er_, fermer les yeux; Lat. _cil-ium_.
~Syling~, _s._ Ceiling.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ SYLE, _v. a._
1. To circumvent.
_Dunbar._
2. To betray.
_Maitland P._
A. S. _syl-an_, to betray.
_To_ SILE, SYLE, _v. a._ To strain, Loth.
Su. G. _sil-a_, colare; _sil_, a strainer.
SILIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps, given; A. S. _syllan_, dare.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ SYLL, _v. a._ To cover.
V. ~Sile~.
SYLL, _s._ A seat of dignity.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sylla_, a seat, a chair.
SILLABE, _s._ A syllable, S. A. S.
_R. Bruce._
SILLER, _s._ A canopy.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _ciele_, a canopy.
SILLER, _s._
1. Silver, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Money in general, S.
_Mary Stewart._
~Siller~, _adj._ Belonging to silver, S.
_Statist. Acc._
SILLY, _adj._
1. Lean, meagre, S.
2. Weak, from disease, S.
_Montgomerie._
3. Frail, as being mortal.
_Z. Boyd._
4. In a state which excites compassion, S.
_Rutherford._
5. Fatuous, S.
V. ~Sely~.
_Wodrow._
6. Timid, pusillanimous.
_Spalding._
SILLIK, SILAK, SELLOK, _s._ The fry of the coal-fish, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
SILLIST, _adj._ Released from labour for a time, Perths.
Moes. G. _sil-an_, tranquillus esse.
SYLOUR, _s._ Canopy.
V. ~Siller~.
_Gawan and Gol._
SILVER-MAILL, _s._ Rent paid in money.
V. ~Maill~.
_To_ SILVERIZE, _v. a._ To cover with _silver-leaf_, S.
SYMER, SIMMER, _s._ Summer.
_Bellenden._
~Simmer treis~, _s. pl._ May-poles.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SIMMONDS, _s. pl._ Ropes made of heath and of empetrum nigrum, Orkn.
Isl. _sime_, funiculus.
SYMPILL, SEMPILL, SEMPLE, _adj._
1. Low-born, S.
_Wallace._
2. Low in present circumstances.
_Wynt._
3. Not possessing strength.
_Barbour._
4. Mean, vulgar.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _simple_, common, ordinary.
5. A term exciting pity.
_Chr. S. P._
~Sympylly~, _adv._ Meanly.
_Barbour._
SINACLE, _s._ A vestige, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. id. from Lat. _signacul-um_.
SYND, _s._ Appearance, aspect.
_Burel._
Su. G. _syn_, facies.
_To_ SYND, SIND, SEIN, _v. a._
1. To wash slightly, S. originally suggesting the idea of making the sign of the cross.
V. ~Sane~.
_Morison._
2. To dilute; as, _to synd down_ one's _meat_, S.
~Synd~, ~Syne~, _s._
1. A slight ablution, S.
_A. Scott._
2. Drink, as washing the throat, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ To sunder, S.
_To_ ~Sinder~, _v. n._ To part, to separate, S.
A. S. _syndr-ian_, separare.
~Sindry~, _adj._
1. Sundry, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sindrig_, id.
2. In a state of disjunction, S.
~Syndrely~, _adv._ Severally.
_Wyntown._
~Syndrynes~, _s._ A state of separation or dispersion.
_Wyntown._
SINDILL, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNE, _adv._
1. Afterwards, S.
_Barbour._
2. Late, as opposed to _soon_.
_Baillie._
A. S. _saene_, tardus; Teut. _sind_, post.
~Syne~, _conj._ Seeing, S.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SING, _v. a._ To singe.
_Cleland._
A. S. _saeng-an_, Germ. _seng-en_, id.
~Singit-like~, _adj._ Puny, shrivelled. S.
SINGIN-EEN, _s._ The last night of the year; from the carols sung on this evening, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
SINGLAR, _adj._ Unarmed.
_Wallace._
SINGLE, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SINGLE, _s._ A handful of gleaned corn, S.; also _sindle_.
_Gl. Sibb._
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _sin_, singularis, and _del_, pars; or Lat. _singul-us_.
SINKIL, _s._ L. _finkil_, fennel.
_Compl. S._
SYNLE, _adv._ Seldom.
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNOPARE, _s._ Cinnabar.
_Douglas._
SINSYNE, _adv._ Since, S.
V. ~Syne~.
_Burns._
_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._
1. To ooze, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. _v. a._ To let out any liquid, S.
_Magopico._
Teut. _sijpen_, id., stillare, manare.
~Sypins~, _s. pl._ Liquor that has oozed from an insufficient cask, S.
_To_ SYPYRE, SUPIR, _v. n._ To sigh.
Fr. _souspir-er_, id.
_Burel._
SIRDONING, _s._ The singing of birds.
_A. Hume._
Fr. _sourdine_, the pipe of a trumpet.
SYRE, _s._
V. ~Schir~.
SYRE, _s._ A sewer, S. _syver_.
V. ~Syver~.
_Watson._
SIR JOHN, a close stool, S.; _knight_, synon.
SIRKEN, _adj._ Tender of one's flesh, S.
Gael. _seirc_, affection; _seircin_, a darling.
_To_ SIRPLE, _v. a._ To sip often, S.
Sw. _sorpl-a_, Germ. _schurfl-en_, id.
SISE, SYSS, _s._
1. Assize, O. Fr.
_Barbour._
2. Doom, judgment.
_Montgomerie._
SYSE, _s._ Six at dice.
V. ~Syiss~.
_To_ SIST, _v. a._ To stop.
_To sist procedure_, to delay judicial proceeding, S.
Lat. _sist-ere_, id.
_Pardovan._
~Sist~, _s._ A suspension of diligence, a forensic term, S.
_Act Sed._
_To_ SIST, _v. a._
1. To cite, to summon, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To take a place, as at the bar of a court; generally used in regard to one's engagement in divine worship, S.
_To_ SIT, _v. n._
1. To stop in growth, S.
2. To shrink, S.
3. Applied to the sinking of a wall, S.
~Sit~, _s._ The state of sinking, as applied to a wall, S.
_To_ SIT _an offer_, not to accept of it, S.
_Guthrie._
_To_ SIT _to_, _v. n._ Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.
_To_ SIT, SITT, _v. a._ To grieve.
_Wallace._
~Site~, ~Syte~, _s._
1. Grief, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _syt-a_, to mourn; _sut_, sorrow, _syting_, id.
2. Suffering, punishment.
_Douglas._
~Sitful~, ~Sitefull~, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Palice Hon._
~Sitfully~, _adv._ Sorrowfully.
_Wallace._
SITFASTS, _s. pl._ Restharrow, S.
SYTH, times.
V. ~Syith~.
_To_ SITHE, SYITH, _v. a._
V. ~Assyith~.
SITHE, SYITH, _s._ Satisfaction.
_Sat. Invis. World._
~Sithement~, _s._
V. ~Assythment~.
SYTHENS, _conj._
1. Although.
_K. Hart._
2. Since, seeing.
_Balnavis._
SYTHYN, _adv._ Afterwards.
_Barbour._
SYVER, SIVER, _s._ A covered drain, S. also _syre_; E. _sewer_.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _suyver-en_, mundare.
~Rumbling Syver~, a drain filled with stones thrown loosely together, S.
SIVVEN, _s._ The Raspberry, S. Gael.
SIVVENS, SIBBINS, _s. pl._
1. A disease viewed as of the venereal kind, S.
From its resembling a raspberry; Gael. _sivven_.
_Pennant._
2. The itch, Orkn. pron. _sibbens_.
SYVEWARM, _s._ L. _Syvewarin_, the sovereign or first magistrate of a town.
_Sovereign_, quaestor, Kilian.
_Barbour._
SKADDINS, _s. pl._ Turfs, Banffs.
Teut. _scadde_, cespes, gleba.
_To_ SKAFF, SKAIFF, _v. a._ To collect by dishonourable means.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skaff-a_, to provide food.
~Skaff~, _s._ Provision.
V. ~Scaff~.
~Skafrie~, ~Scafferie~, _s._
1. Extortion.
_Acts Marie._
2. The contents of a larder; Sw. _skafferi_, cella penuaria.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Skaffay~, _adj._ Eager for gain.
_A. Hume._
SKAICHER, _s._ A term of gentle reprehension applied to a child, Ang.
Gael. _sgiogair_, a jackanapes.
_To_ SKAIK, _v. a._
1. To separate in an awkward or dirty manner, S. B.
2. To bedaub, S. B.
Isl. _skecke_, dispar facio.
_To_ SKAIL, SKAILL, SKALE, _v. a._
1. To disperse.
_Wyntown._
2. To dismiss, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
_To skail the byke_, to disperse an assembly, S.
3. To diffuse; applied to rumours.
_Doug._
4. To scatter, applied to the mind.
_Wyntown._
5. To spill, to shed, S.
6. To unrip, S. B.
_Ross._
7. _To skale doun_, to pour out.
_Doug._
8. _To skale doun_, to dishevel.
_Doug._
9. _To skail house_, to disfurnish.
_Rutherford._
10. _To skale a rig_, to plough ground so as to make it fall away from the crown of the ridge, S.
11. _To skale a sege_, to raise a siege.
_Poems 16th Cent._
12. _To skail a proclamation_, to recall it.
_Balfour._
13. _To skail a gun_, to empty it, S.
Su. G. Isl. _skil-ia_, separare; Gael. _scaoil-am_, id.
_To_ ~Skail~, ~Skale~, ~Scale~, _v. n._
1. To part one from another.
_Barbour._
Isl. _skil-iast_, unus ab altero recedere.
2. To be diffused.
_Wallace._
~Skail~, ~Scail~, _s._
1. A dispersion, S.
2. A scattered party.
_Barbour._
~Skailin~, ~Scailin~, _s._ Dispersion, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Skail-wind~, _s._ That which causes dispersion, S.
_M. Bruce._
SKAILDRAIK, SKELDRAKE, _s._ The shieldrake.
_Acts Ja. VI._
SKAILLIE, SKAILYIE, _s._ Blue slate. S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Belg. _schalie_, id. Moes. G. _skal-jos_, tiles.
~Skillie pen~, a pencil of soft slate, S.
_To_ SKAIR, _v. n._
V. ~Skar~.
SKAIR, _s._ A share, Ang. Loth.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _skiaer_, id.; _skaer-a_, dividere.
SKAIR, _s._
1. One of the parts of a fishing-rod, S. B.
2. The slice at the end of each part, to which the sliced end of another is fastened, S. A.
Isl. _skar-a_, asseres reciproce adaptare.
SKAIR, _s._ A bare place on the side of a hill.
V. ~Scar~.
SKAIRS, SKARS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.
Su. G. _skaer_, a rock; _skaer-a_, to divide.
SKAITBIRD, _s._ The Arctic gull.
Su. G. _skit-a_, cacare.
_Kennedy._
SKAITH, _s._
1. Hurt, damage, S.
_Doug._
Isl. _skade_, Su. G. _skada_, id.
2. Injury supposed to proceed from witchcraft, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKAIVIE, _adj._ Harebrained, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Sw. _skef_, Dan. _skiaev_, obliquus; A. Bor. _scafe_, wild.
SKALLAG, SCALLAG, _s._ A kind of bond-servant, West. Isl.
_J. L. Buchanan._
Gael. _sgallag_, a man-servant; Isl. _skalk_, servus.
SKAMYLL, SKAMBLE, _s._
1. A bench.
A. S. _scaemel_, id.
_Wallace._
2. In pl. shambles; _skemmils_, S. B.
_Maitland P._
_To_ SKANCE.
V. ~Scance~.
SKANT, SCANTH, _s._ Scarcity.
_Doug._
Dan. _skan-a_, parcere; or Isl. _skam-r_, brevis.
SKAP, _s._ Head, _scalp_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SKAR, SKAIR, _v. n._ To take fright, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skiar_, vitabundus; Su. G. _sky_, vitare.
~Skar~, ~Scar~, _adj._
1. Timorous; _skair_, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Shy, affectedly modest, S.
_Pop. Ball._
~Skar~, ~Skare~, _s._
1. A fright, S.; _skair_, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. A scarecrow.
_Lyndsay._
SKARRACH, _s._
1. A flying shower, a blast of wind and rain, Ang. Fife.
Moes. G. _skura_, procella magna.
2. A considerable quantity of drink, Loth.
SKARSMENT, _s._ Some kind of fortification.
_Pal. Hon._
Germ. _schaur-en_, to defend.
SKART, _s._ A cormorant.
V. ~Scarth~.
SKARTFREE, _adj._
V. ~Scart~, _v._
SKARTH, _s._ Puny creature, S. _scart_.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skort-a_, deficere; _skard-a_, diminuere.
_To_ SKAT, _v. a._ To tax.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _schatt-en_; Su. G. _skatt-a_, taxare.
_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ To scald, S.
_Doug._
Fr. _eschaud-er_, Ital. _scald-are_, id.
_To_ ~Skaude~, ~Skad~, _v. n._ To be galled, from heat, S.
SKAUM, _s._
1. The act of singing clothes.
2. A slight mark of burning, S.
Sw. _skamm-a_, a stain; Isl. _kaam_, id.
~Skaummit~, ~Scamed~, _part. adj_. Having a mark produced by fire or a hot iron, S.
_Spalding_.
SKAW, _s._ A scall of any kind, S.
_Bellenden_.
SKEEBRIE, _s._ Thin light soil, Ang.
~Skeebroch~, _s._ Very lean meat, Galloway.
Ir. _scabar_, thin, lean.