Part 44
_To_ SKEEG, _v. a._ To lash, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
Celt. _skig-ia_, to strike; Arm. _skei_, to bang.
~Skeeggers~, _s. pl._ A whip; properly one made of sedges, Ang.
SKEELY, _adj._ Skilful.
V. ~Skilly~.
SKEELING GOOSE, the shieldrake, Orkn.
_Sibbald_.
_To_ SKEY _off_, _v. n._ To fly.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. _sky_, Alem. _ski-en_, vitare.
SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._
1. Apt to startle, S.
_Douglas._
2. Unmanageable, skittish, S.
_Douglas._
3. Shy; applied to women, S.
_Ross._
4. Proud, disdainful, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _scheuch_, shy; Su. G. _skygg_, startling.
_To_ ~Skeich~, _v. n._ To startle.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skygg-a_, meticulose recedere.
_To_ SKEYG, _v. n._ To move nimbly in walking, S. B.
Moes. G. _skeu-jan_, iter facere.
~Skeyg~, _s._ _At the skeyg_, in a quick motion, Ang.
SKEIGH, _adv_.
V. ~Skeich~.
SKEIL, SKEILL, (pron. _skeel_), _s._
1. A tub for washing, S.
_Dunbar_.
2. A wooden drinking vessel with a handle, Orkn.
Isl. _skiola_, a milk-pail; mulctra, haustorium.
SKEIR, SKEER, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.
Isl. _skiar_, pavidus, id.
SKEITCHES, _s. pl_. Scates, S.
Teut. _schatse_.
_To_ ~Skeitch~, _v. n._ To scate, S.
~Skeitcher~, _s._ A scater, S.
SKELB, _s_. A splinter, S.
V. ~Skelve~.
SKELDRAKE, _s_.
V. ~Skaildrake~.
SKELF, _s._
1. A shelf, S.
A. S. _scelf_.
_Ross_.
2. A wooden frame, containing several shelves, S.
_Pennecuik, N._
SKELLAT, _s_.
1. A small bell.
_Dunbar_.
2. An iron rattle, used by public criers, Loth.
O. Fr. _eschelette_, id.; Su. G. _skaella_, nola, tintinnabulum.
SKELLIE, SKEELY, _s._ A squint look, S.
A. S. _sceol-age_, Isl. _skialg-ur_, id.
_To_ ~Skellie~, _v. n._ To squint, S.
Isl. _skael-a_, Germ. _schiel-en_, limis intueri.
SKELLY, _s._ The chub, a fish, Roxb.
_Stat. Acc._
Ital. _squaglio_, Lat. _squal-us_, id.
SKELLY, _s._ Slate.
V. ~Skaillie~.
SKELLYIS, _s. pl._ Rugged rocks.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Douglas._
SKELLOCH, SKELLIE, _s._
1. Wild mustard, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Ir. _sgeallagach_, id.
2. Sometimes, wild radish, S. A.
_To_ SKELLOCH, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S. B.
Isl. _skell-a_, clangere.
~Skelloch~, _s._ A shrill cry, S. B.
_To_ SKELP, _v. n._
1. To beat, as a clock.
_Ramsay._
2. Denoting strong pulsation, S. B.
Isl. _skialf-a_, Dan. _skiaelv-e_, tremere.
3. To move quickly on foot, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _skialf-a_, concutere, quatere.
_To_ ~Skelp~, _v. a._
1. To strike with the open hand, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To beat, to drub, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _skelf-a_, id., percello.
~Skelp~, _s._
1. A stroke, a blow, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A misfortune in trade or otherwise, S.
_Burel._
~Skelpie-limmer~, _s._
An opprobrious term applied to a female, S.
_Burns._
SKELT, _part. pa._ Unript.
V. ~Skail~, _v._
_To_ SKELVE, _v. n._ To separate in _lamina_, S. B.
Su. G. _skaell-a_, Isl. _skel-iast_, in tenues laminas dissilire; _skil-ia_, separare.
~Skelve~, _s._ A thin slice, S. B.
Teut. _schelve_, segmen.
~Skelvy~, _adj._
1. Having various _lamina_, S. B.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. Shelvy, S.
_Burns._
SKEO, _s._ A hut for drying fish, Orkn.
Isl. Norw. _skia-r_, id. pergula siccatoria.
SKEP, SKEPPE, SCAPE, _s._
1. A bee-hive made of twisted straw, S. A.
_Hume._
2. Transferred to industry.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skaepp-a_, a seed-vessel; Gael. _sgeip_, a bee-hive.
SKER, perhaps, a rock.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _skaer_, scopulus maris.
SKERRY, _s._
1. An insulated rock, Orkn.
_Barry._
2. A flat rock, over which the sea flows when the tide rises.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _skaer_, a rock, and _ey_, an island.
SKERTER, _s._ The sea-belt, a fucus, Orkn.
_Neill._
SKET. _Ful sket_, full hastily.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on scyte_, in praecipiti; Isl. _skiot-ur_, celer.
SKEW, SKEU, _s._ The oblique part of a gable, S.
V. ~Shach~.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ ~Skew~, _v. a._
1. To build in an oblique form, S.
2. To cover gables with sods, Tweedd.
SKEW'D, _adj._ Acting like one deprived of reason, Perths.
V. ~Skaivie~.
SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. "take and retake."
_Wallace._
Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.
_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.
V. ~Showl~.
SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a _mould-board_.
_Stat. Acc._
SKY, _s._ Shadow.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.
SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.
_Knox._
Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.
~Skybald~, _adj._
1. Mean, low.
_Polwart._
2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.
SKIBE, _s._ A low or niggardly fellow, West and South of S.
V. ~Skybald~.
_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.
_Maitland P._
Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to graze.
_To_ ~Skiff~, _v. a._ To cause a flat stone _skip_ along the surface of a body of water, S.
_To_ ~Skift~, _v. a._ To glide over, S. B.
SKIFFIE, _s._ The tub used for bringing up coals from the pit, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIFT, _s._ A flying shower, S. B.
Su. G. _skifw-a_, mutare; _skift_, intervallum.
SKIFT, _s._ Facility in operation, S. B.
Moes. G. _ga-skaft_, making; _skap-an_, facere.
SKIFT, _s._ A broad ridge of land, Orkn.
Su. G. _skift_, intervallum.
SKYLAND, _part. pr._ Not retaining.
Dan. _skyll-a_, eluere.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SKYLE, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _skyl-a_, Dan. _skyl-er_, occultare.
SKILL, _s._ Return.
_King Hart._
Isl. _skill_, redditio.
SKILL, SKYLL, _s._
1. Reason.
_Barbour._
2. Proof.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _skil_, ratio, probatio.
3. Approbation, or regard, S. B.
~Skilly~, ~Skeely~, _adj._ Intelligent, skilful, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _skaelig_, rational; Isl. _skiallig-r_, prudent.
_To_ SKILT, _v. n._ To move quickly and lightly.
_Cleland._
From the sound made; Isl. _skell-a_, _skelldi_, verberando sonum edere.
SKIMMERIN, _part. adj._ Denoting that peculiar look which characterises an idiot or a lunatic, S. B.
Germ. _schimmer_, a dim or faint glare.
SKINY, _s._ Packthread, pron. q. _skeengyie_, E. _skain_, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
SKINK, _s._ Strong soup made of cows hams, S.
A. S. _scenc_, potus.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ SKYNK, _v. a._
1. To pour out liquor for drinking.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skaenk-a_, Franc. _skenk-en_, potum infundere.
2. To make a libation to the gods.
_Douglas._
3. To serve drink.
_Douglas._
4. _To scink over_, to renounce.
_Rutherford._
_To_ SKINKLE, _v. n._ To sparkle, S.
_Burns._
~Skinklin~, _s._
1. The sparkling of a bright irradiation, Ayrs.
2. A small portion, ibid.
_Burns._
SKIP, a termination denoting state or condition;
Su. G. _skap_, A. S. _scipe_, E. _ship_, id., from Su. G. _skap-a_, creare, &c.
SKIPPARE, SKIPPER, _s._
1. A shipmaster, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skeppare_, anc. _skipare_, A. S. _scipar_, id.
2. Now generally appropriated to the master of a sloop, barge, or passage-boat, S.
3. In the fisheries, one of the men who superintends other four, having the charge of a _coble_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIRDOCH, _adj._ Flirting, Fife.
Isl. _skryd-a_, ornare; _skreitt-r_, ornatus; _skart-a_, magnifice vestiri.
SKYRE, _s._ A schirrus.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _scyre_, id.
SKYRIN, _part. pr._
1. Shining, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Making a great show, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _scir_, Su. G. _skir_, shining.
_To_ SKIRL, SKIRLE, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _skrall-a_, sonum streperum edere.
~Skirl~, _s._ A shrill cry, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skrall_, Dan. _skraal_, vociferatus.
_To_ SKYRME, _v. n._ To make a feint.
Isl. _skrum-a_, fingo.
_Houlate._
_To_ SKIRP, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKIST, _s._ Chest; for _kist_.
_Gl. Sibb._
SKIST, _s._ Perhaps, _skift_, art.
_K. Hart._
SKIT, _s._
1. A vain, empty creature, S.
_Dancing skit_, a contemptuous designation for a female dancer on a stage.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _skiot-r_, celer, citus.
2. A piece of silly ostentation, S.
SKIT, _s._ An oblique taunt, S.
Isl. _skaeting-r_, dicteria acerba.
_To_ SKITE, SKYTE, _v. a._
1. To eject any liquid forcibly, S.
Isl. _skvett-a_, id. Sw. _skijt-a_, exonerare ventrem.
2. To squirt, to throw the spittle forcibly through the teeth, S.
~Skite~, _s._ The dung of a fowl, S. B.
~Skyte~, _s._ A nasty person, S. B.
Dan. _skyden_, sordidus.
_To_ ~Skyte~, _v. n._ To glide swiftly, S.
Su. G. _skiut-a_, id.
_Ramsay._
SKIVERS, SKEEVERS, _s. pl._ The leather now generally used for binding school books, which is sliced into two, S.
Su. G. _skifva_, a slice, pl. _skifvar_.
SKLAFFORD HOLES, apertures in the walls of a barn, Ang.
Perh. corr. from L. B. _sclopet-um_, a harquebuss, as originally applied to the loopholes of a castle.
SKLAIF, _s._ A slave.
_Bannatyne P._
SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.
V. ~Sclaite~.
~Sklater~, _s._ A slater, S.
SKLANDYR, _s._ Slander.
V. ~Sclandyr~.
SKLEFF, _adj._ Shallow.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ SKLENT, _v. n._
V. ~Sclent~.
_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._
1. To slice, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. Denoting the abbreviation of time.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ SKLYRE, _v. n._ To slide, Loth.
~Sklyre~, _s._ A slide, ibid.
_To_ SKLOY, _v. n._ To slide on ice, Loth.
Fr. _escoul-er_, id.
~Skloy~, _s._ A slide, Loth.
SKLOUT, SKLOUTER, _s._ Cows' dung in a thin state, Fife.
SKLUTE, _s._
1. In pl. large clumsy feet, S. B. Perhaps from _klute_, S. a hoof.
2. A lout, S. B.
_To_ ~Sklute~, _v. n._ To set down the feet clumsily, S.
SKODGE, SKODGIE, _s._ A kitchen drudge, S.
Su. G. _skoswen_, literally, a _shoe-servant_.
_To_ ~Skodge~, _v. n._ To act as a drudge, S.
SKOLDIRT, SKOWDERT.
V. ~Scowder~.
_To_ SKOLE, SKOLT, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.
V. ~Skul~.
_Ruddiman._
SKOMER, _s._
V. ~Scomer~.
SKON, SCONE, _s._
1. A thin cake of wheat or barley meal, S.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. denoting a specimen, S.
Isl. _skaun_, cortex lactis.
_Kelly._
_To_ SKONCE, _v. a._ To guard.
_Evergr._
Su. G. _skans-a_, Teut. _schants-en_, munire.
SKORE, _s._ A line to mark the goal, S.
_Douglas._
SKORPER, _s._ A round kind of bread, Shetl.
Su. G. _skorpa_, pl. _skorper_, biscuits.
SKOUPER, _s._
V. ~Scouppar~.
SKOUR, _s._ A slight shower, Dumfr.
SKOUR _of wind_, a gust, S.
_Callander._
Isl. _skur_, nimbus, typhon.
SKOURIOUR, _s._
V. ~Scurrour~.
SKOUTT, _s._ A small boat.
_A. Hume._
Isl. _skuta_, Belg. _schuyt_, Ir. _scud_, id.
SKOWURAND, _part. pr._ Shuddering.
Germ. _schaur-en_, tremere.
_Barbour._
SKRAE, SKREE, _s._ A searce made of wire for cleansing grain, Loth.
Gael. _criathar_; a bolter, Su. G. _skraed-a_, to bolt, to sift.
SKRAE, _s._ A thin meagre person, S.
_Minstr. Bordr._
Su. G. _skraf_, a skeleton, _skral_, scanty.
SKRAE-FISH, SCRAE-FISH, _s. pl._ Fishes dried in the sun, without being salted, Orkn.
_Neill._
Isl. _skrael-a_, to dry; _skreid_, pisces indurati.
_To_ SKRAIK, SCRAIGH, _v. n._
1. Denoting the cry of a fowl when displeased, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. To cry with importunity and in a discontented tone, S.
Su. G. _skrik-a_, Isl. _skraeka_, id.
~Skraik~, ~Scraik~, _s._
1. The screaking of fowls, S.; also _skraich_.
_Douglas._
2. A loud or shrill sound, caused by musical instruments.
_A. Hume._
Isl. _skraek-r_, clamor, ploratus.
SKRAN, _s._
1. _Fine skran_, a phrase used by children, in commendation of any thing they are fond of, especially if edible, Lanerks.
Isl. _skran_, supellex leviusculus.
2. The offals or refuse of human food, thrown to dogs, Loth.
SKRANKY, _adj._
1. Lank, slender, S.
2. Applied to an empty purse.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _schrank-en_, to confine; A. S. _scrunc-en_, contracted.
SKRAPIT, _pret._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To cry, to scream.
_Watson._
Franc. _screiot_, Sw. _skrijt_, clamor.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To lie, to magnify in narration, S.
Su. G. _skryt-a_, jactare, Isl. _skreit-a_, fingere.
~Skreed~, _s._ A lie, a fabrication, S.
SKREEK, SCREAK, _of day_, the dawn, S. B.; also _skrieh_.
V. ~Creek~.
_Ross._
_To_ SKREENGE, _v. a._ To scourge, S.
~Skreenge~, _s._ A lash, a stroke, Fife.
_To_ SKRY, _v. a._ To cry, to proclaim, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _skri-a_, vociferari, _skri_, clamor.
~Skry~, ~Scry~, _s._
1. Noise.
_Wallace._
2. The crying of fowls.
_Douglas._
_To_ SKRIFT, _v. n._ To fabricate.
V. ~Scrift~.
Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, nugari, _skraef_, nugae.
SKRILLES, _s. pl._ Shrieks.
V. ~Skirl~.
To SKRIM, _v. a._ To scud, to move quickly, S.
SKRYMMORIE, _s._ Apparently, the name of a mischievous fairy.
_Pal. Hon._
Isl. _skrumari_, a braggart; O. Fr. _es-crimour_, a good tugger.
SKRINE, _s._ Unboiled _sowens_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _krinse_, purgamentum frumenti.
SKRINKIE, SKRINKYT.
V. ~Skrankie~.
SKROPIT, _pret. v._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKROW, _s._ A scroll.
V. ~Scrow~.
SKROW, _s._ A slight shower, S. B.; Isl. _skur_.
V. ~Skarrach~.
SKRUFE, _s._
Wealth, acquired by parsimony or exaction.
_Bannatyne P._
Teut. _schrobb-en_, scalpere.
SKRUMPLE, _s._ A wrinkle.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _schrumple_, id. Su. G. _skrump-en_, to wrinkle.
_To_ SKRUNT, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, Clydes.
Isl. _skruning-r_, _skrudning-r_, strepitus.
SKRUNTY, _adj._ Meagre, raw-boned, Fife, Loth.
Su. G. _skrin_, dried, Dan. _skranten_, infirm.
SKUBE, _s._ Any thing that is hollowed out, S. B.; allied to E. _scoop_.
Su. G. _skopa_, Arm. _scob_, haustrum.
SKUG, SCUG, SCOUG, _s._
1. A shade, what defends from the heat, S.
_Doug._
2. A shelter from storm, S.
_Spalding._
3. Protection, S.
_Pop. Ball._
4. Metaph. applied to ghosts, in relation to the place of their residence.
_Douglas._
5. A pretence, a cloak, S.
_Mellvill's MS._
Su.G. _skugga_, umbra; _skyggd_, tegmen.
_To_ ~Skug~, _v. a._
1. To shade, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _skygg-a_, obumbrare.
2. To shelter, to skreen, S.
3. _To skoog a shower_, to seek shelter from it, S. B.
4. In a moral sense, to expiate.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ ~Skug~, ~Scoug~, _v. n._ To flee for shelter.
_Ferguson._
~Skuggy~, _adj._ Shady.
_Ruddiman._
~Skugry~, _s._ _In skugry_, under covert.
_Henrysone._
SKUL, SKULL, SKOLL, _s._
1. A goblet or large bowl, for containing liquor.
_Douglas._
2. The salutation of one who is present, or the respect paid to an absent person, by expressing a wish for his health, when one is about to drink.
_Cromarty._
Isl. _skal_, _skaal_, Su. G. _skol_, Dan. _skaal_, a cup, a bowl, a drinking vessel. Su. G. _dricka skala_, bibere pateram, quando bibitur alicujus honori et memoriae; Loccen. _Dricka ens skol_, id. Ihre.
SKUL, _s._ A scullion.
_Godscroft._
Ir. _sguille_, id. Su. G. _skoel-ja_, eluere.
SKULE, _s._ An inflammatory disease affecting the palate of a horse, S.
Teut. _schuyl_, Su. G. _skalla_, id.
SKULE, SCULE, SKULL, _s._ A great collection of individuals, as of fishes, S.
_Burel._
A. S. _sceole_, coetus magnus, multitudo.
SKULES, _s. pl._ Stalls where cattle are fed, S. B.
Isl. _skiol_, Su. G. _skiul_, a covert.
SKULL, _s._ A shallow basket of a semicircular form, S.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _skiola_, vas quo arida vel liquida metiri consueverunt.
_To_ SKULT, _v. a._ To beat.
V. ~Scult~.
SKUR, _s._
1. A small horn, not fixed to the scull of an animal, but hanging by the skin, Ang.
2. The rough projecting part of a stone, Ang.
Su. G. _skoer-a_, rumpere.
SKUR, _s._ Perh. a scar, Mearns.
Isl. _skor_, incisura.
SKURYVAGE, _s._
1. A dissipated fellow, a lecher.
_Douglas._
2. A vagabond, Loth.
Lat. _scurra_ and _vag-or_.
SKURRIOUR, _s._ A scout.
V. ~Scurrour~.
SKUWES, _s. pl._ Groves.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _scua_, umbra.
_To_ SLA, _v. a._
1. To strike.
V. ~Slew~.
2. To slay, to kill.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _slahan_, Isl. _sla-a_, Belg. _sla_, to strike.
SLABBER, _s._ A slovenly fellow, Dumfr.
Teut. _slabber-en_, E. _to slabber_.
SLACK, _s._ An opening between hills.
V. ~Slak~.
* SLACK, _adj._
1. Slow, S. B.
2. Transferred to money, when payments are made slowly, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
3. Thinly occupied, regarding place, S.
4. Not trust-worthy; loose in conduct, S.
5. Reluctant to pay a debt, S.
A. S. _sleac_, Su. G. _slak_, remissus.
SLADE, SLAID, _s._ A hollow, a den, S. B.
_Douglas._
Isl. _slaed_, vallis; A. S. id. via in convallibus; Dan. _slet_, Isl. _sletta_, planities.
SLAE, SLA, _s._ The sloe, S.
_Lightfoot._
A. S. _sla_, Belg. _slee_, Germ. _schleh_, id.
SLAG, _s._ A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S. B.
Isl. _slagi_, humiditas, _slagn-a_, humescere.
SLAG, SLOG, _s._ A gust.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _slagg_, intemperies; Teut. _slegghe_, nebula.
SLAID, _s._ A valley.
V. ~Slade~.
To SLAIGER, _v. n._ To waddle in the mud, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _sleggerigh_, madidus; radically the same with _Laggery_.
_To_ SLAIK, SLAKE, _v. n._
1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, especially sweetmeats, &c. S.
_Tannahill._
Germ. _schleck-en_, ligurire, suavia et dulcia appetere.
2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. To bedaub, S.
_Glenburnie._
4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals, S.
SLAINES, SLAYANS. _Letters of Slaines_, letters subscribed, in case of slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been _slain_, acknowledging that satisfaction had been given, or otherwise soliciting for the pardon of the offender.
_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ SLAIRG, SLAIRY, SLARY, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.
Teut. _sloore_, sordida ancilla; Belg. _slorig_, sordidus; O. E. _slorie_, sordidare.
~Slairy~, ~Slarie~, _s._
1. Any thing that bedaubs, S.
2. A part of one's food, taken so carelessly as to dirty one's clothes, S.
_To_ ~Slairt~ _about_, to go about sluggishly, S. B.
Teut. _sloordigh_, sordidus.
_To_ SLAISTER, SLYSTER, _v. n._
1. To do any thing in an awkward and dirty way, S.
_Antiquary._
2. To work in any thing moist or unctuous, S.
3. To move clumsily through a miry road, S.
Su. G. _slask-a_, humorem sordidum effundere.
_To_ ~Slaister~, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.
_Ferguson._
~Slaister~, ~Slyster~, ~Slaistery~, _s._ A heterogeneous mass, S.
_Ferguson._
SLAIT, _pret._ Slitted, cut.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SLAIT, _v. a._
1. To level.
Su. G. _slaet-a_, id.
2. To depreciate, W. Loth.
3. To abuse grossly, to maltreat.
_Guthrie._
4. To wipe.
_Ritson._
SLAITIT, _part. pa._ Exhausted with fatigue.
_Balnevis._
Teut. _slete_, tritus, _slet-en_, atterere.
SLAK, SLACK, SLAKE, _s._
1. An opening in the higher part of a hill or mountain, where it becomes less steep, and forms a sort of pass, S.
_Barbour._
2. A gap or narrow pass between two hills or mountains.
_Wyntown._
3. _The slack of the hass_, the narrowest part of the throat, Loth.
Su. G. _slak_, remissus; also, the hollow of the side.
SLAKE, SLAIK, SLEEGH, SLOKE, _s._
1. The oozy vegetable substance in the bed of rivers, S. B. _slauk._
_Stat. Acc._
2. Navel laver, S. B.
_Lightfoot._
Su. G. _slak_, laxus; as being soft and flaccid.
SLAKE, _s._ A blow on the chops.
_Kelly._
A. S. _slaege_, Su. G. Belg. _slag_, ictus.
_To_ SLAIK, _v. n._ To slacken.
_Wallace._
SLAM, SLAMMACH, _s._ A share of any thing acquired by forcible or artful means, S. B.
Su. G. _slam-a_, coacervare; _slem_, craft.
_To_ ~Slammach~, _v. a._ To seize.
_To_ SLAMMACH, SLAMACH, _v. n._ To slabber, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
Su. G. _slem_, slime, _slemig_, slimy.
SLAMMIKIN, _s._ A drab, Loth.
Su. G. _slem_, turpis, eluvies, faex, id.
SLANG, _s._ A species of cannon coinciding with the culverine.
_Complaynt S._
Teut. _slanghe_, serpens, bombarda longior.
_To_ SLANGER, _v. n._ To linger, Berwicks.
Su. G. _slingr-a_, repere.
SLAP, _s._
1. A narrow pass between two hills, S. Gl. Shirr.
_Pennecuik._
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _sleppi_, praecipitium convallis.
2. A breach in a wall, hedge, &c. S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Slap~, _v. a._ To break into gaps, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ SLAP, v. a. To separate threshed grain from the broken straw, &c. by means of a riddle, S. B.
Su. G. _slaepp-a_, to permit any thing to escape.
~Slap~, _s._ A riddle for thus separating grain, S. B.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To give a slabbering kiss, S.
Isl. _slefs-a_, allambo, alligurio.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To work in what is wet or flaccid, Lanerks.
Dan. _slask-er_, to paddle, to puddle.
~Slash~, _s._ A great quantity of broth, or any other sorbillaceous food, Loth.
~Slashy~, _s._ Applied to work that is both wet and dirty, S.
Sw. _slask_, wet.
SLATE, _s._ One who is slovenly and dirty, Loth. Border; _slaid_, Clydes.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _sladde_, vir habitu et moribus indecorus.
_To_ SLATE, _v. a._ To let loose; applied to dogs in hunting.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _slaetinge_, vestigia ferarum.
SLAUKIE, _adj._
1. Flaccid, unctuous, S. B.
V. ~Slake~.
2. Slimy, covered with _slake_, S.
3. Slow, whether in speech or motion, Ang.
Isl. _slaeki_, foemina piger.
SLAUPIE, _adj._ Indolent and slovenly, S. B.
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus.
SLAW, _adj._ Slow, S.
_K. Ja. VI._
SLE, SLEY, _adj._
1. Sly, S. _slee_.
_Doug._
2. Skilful, dexterous.
_Barbour._
3. Ingenious.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _sloeg_, Isl. _slaeg-r_, id.
SLED-SADDLE, _s._ That which is borne by a horse yoked in a cart, S. from _sled_, a sledge.
SLEDERIE, _adj._
V. ~Sliddery~.
SLEEK, _s._ Mire, slime, S.
V. ~Slik~.
SLEEK, _s._ A measure of fruits, roots, &c. containing forty pounds, S.
Perh. originally a measure of liquids; Germ. _schlauch_, a jack, a leathern bottle.
SLEEKIT, SLEKIT, _adj._ Parasitical, deceitful, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sleker_, homo blandus; Isl. _slikiare_, parasitus.
SLEENIE, _s._ A guinea, Aberd.
_Skinner._
A. S. _slean_, to strike; _slaegen_, struck.
SLEEPERY, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
SLEEPIES, _s. pl._ Field brome grass, from its supposed soporific quality, S.
SLEETH, _s._ A sluggard, Aberd.
_Forbes._
A. S. _slaewth_, sloth; Isl. _sliar_, hebes, sleita, torpor animi.
_To_ SLEIF, _v. n._ To slip.
_K. Hart._
Alem. _sliaf-an_, to glide.
SLEITCHOCK, _s._ A nattering woman, Perths.
Dan. _sledsk-er_, to wheedle.
SLEKIT, _adj._ Deceitful.
V. ~Sleekit~.
SLENK, _s._ A piece of low craft.
_Sir Gawan._
Germ. _schlaenke_, doli; Isl. _slungin_, callidus.
SLEPERYE, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
_To_ SLERG, _v. a._ To bedaub, Loth.
Belg. _slorig_, sordidus.
_Ramsay._
SLETT, _s._ L. _flet_, q. v.
_Kelly._
SLEUTH, _s._ Sloth; A. S. _slewth_.
_Doug._
~Sleuth~, ~Slueth~, _adj._ Slothful.
_Diallog._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. a._ To neglect, or to do work carelessly, S. B.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. n._ To linger.
_Douglas._
SLEUTH, _s._ The tract of man or beast, as known by the scent.
_Barbour._
~Sleuth-hund~, ~Slouth-hund~, ~Sloith-hund~, ~Sloth-brache~, ~Slough-dog~, _s._ A blood-hound.
_Barbour._
Isl. _slod_, semita, vestigia; Ir. _sliocht_, a tract.
SLEW FYR, struck fire.
_Barbour._
Teut. _vier-sla-en_, excutere ignem.
SLEWYT, _pret._ Slipped.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _slaa knut_, nodum nectere.
_To_ SLICHT, _v. a._ To contrive.
_Doug._
Isl. _slaegd_, fraus, dolus.
SLICHT, SLIGHT, _adj._ Worthless, S.
_Spalding._
Su. G. _slaet karl_, homo flocci.
SLICK-WORM, _s._ A worm bred in the ooze of rivers, S.
V. ~Slik~.
_Statist. Acc._
SLID, SLYD, SLIDE, _adj._
1. Slippery, S.
_Douglas._
2. Mutable, uncertain.
_Pal. Hon._
3. Cajoling, wheedling, S.
A. S. _slith_, sliddery.
~Slidness~, _s._
1. Slipperiness, S.
2. Smoothness of versification.
_Ramsay._
~Slidder~, _adj._ Unstable, variable.
_Lynds._
~Slidder~, _s._ Slipperiness.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ ~Slidder~, _v. a._ To pronounce indistinctly, S.
Teut. _slidder-en_, celeriter tendere; Isl. _slodr-ar_, balbutio.
~Sliddery~, ~Sliddry~, ~Slederie~, _adj._
1. Slippery, S.
_Douglas._
2. Escaping one's grasp, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
3. Deceitful, S.
~Slidernes~, _s._ Slipperiness.
_Henrysone._
SLIDDER, _adj._ Slow, inactive.
_Maitland P._
Isl. _slidra_, torpor; _slidrulegr_, tardus, lentus.
SLIDDERY, _adj._ (pron. _slithry_) Loose and flaccid; a term applied to food, S. B.
Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere; _slodder_, laxus.
* _To_ SLIDE, _v. n._ To fib, S.
SLIEVE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish. Loth.
_Sibbald._
_To_ SLIGHT, _v. a._ To dismantle.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _slicht-en_, solo aequare, diruere.
SLYGOOSE, _s._ The shieldrake, Orkn.
_Pennant._
SLIK, SLIKE, _s._
1. Slime, S. _sleek_.
_Barbour._
2. The slimy shore.
_Douglas._
Teut. _slyck_, Germ. _schlick_, coenum, lutum.
SLIK, Perhaps, slipped.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _slink-a_, slip, from _slik-a_, to creep.
SLIM, _adj._
1. Slight, not sufficient, S.
2. Naughty, worthless, S.
Isl. _slaem-r_, vile, Dan. _slem_, bad, naughty.
_To_ ~Slim o'er~, _v. a._ To do anything carelessly and insufficiently, S.
_To_ SLING, _v. n._ To walk with a long step, S.
Su. G. _slaeng-a_, jactare, valide movere.
~Sling~, _s._ A long walk. Loth.
SLINK, _s._
1. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. Ill-fed veal in general, S.
Sw. _slyn-a_, carion; Germ. _schlenk-en_, abjicere.
3. A worthless character, S.
_Antiquary._
~Slink~, _adj._ Not fed.
_Statist. Acc._
SLINKIE, _adj._ Tall and slender, lank, S.
Dan. _slunken_, lank, scraggy.
SLINKIN, _s._ Deceit, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Slinkin~, _part. adj._ Deceitful, ibid.
A. S. _slinc-an_, to creep.
SLIP, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, as it comes from the reel; containing twelve _cuts_, S.
SLIP, SLYP, _s._
1. A low draught carriage, a dray without wheels.
_Wallace._
Germ. _schleife_, traha, _schleif-en_, to draw.
2. A wooden frame set on the top of a cart, for enlarging its size, S. B.