Part 46
1. To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board, S.
_Macbean._
2. Denoting the depredations made by an invading army.
_Muse's Thren._
O. Fr. _sejourn-er_, commorari.
_To_ ~Soiorne~, _v. a._ To quarter, to lodge forcibly.
_Acts Ja. I._
~Sornare~, ~Sorner~, _s._ One who takes free quarters, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
SORROW, _s._ A term unwarrantably used in imprecations, or strong asseverations, equivalent to E. _plague_, _pox_, &c. or _fiend_, _de'il_.
_Leg. St Androis._
SOSS, _s._ A mixture of incongruous kinds of food, S.
O. Fr. Teut. _sausse_, condimentum, _sauss-en_, condire.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. a._ To mix in a strange manner, S.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. n._ To use incongruous aliments or medicines mixed together, S.
SOSS, _s._ The flat sound caused by a heavy but soft body, when it comes hastily to the ground, or squats down, S. _souse_, E.
_Ramsay._
SOT, _s._ A fool, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ SOTTER, _v. n._
1. To boil slowly, S.
A. S. _seoth-an_, Isl. _siod-a_, to boil.
2. Used to denote the bubbling noise made by any thing in boiling, S.
_To_ SOUCH, SOOGH, SWOUCH, (gutt.) _v. n._
1. To emit a rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Douglas._
2. To breathe long as in sleep, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Sough~, _v. a._ To con over a tune, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
A. S. _swog-an_, sonare, tinnire; part. pr. _swogend_, S. _souchand_.
~Souch~, ~Sowch~, ~Sugh~, ~Swouch~, _s._
1. A rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Burns._
2. The sound emitted during profound sleep.
_Douglas._
3. A deep sigh, S. O.
_Burns._
4. Equivalent to E. _cant_, S.
_Meston._
A. S. _sweg_, _swege_, sonus, clangor.
SOUCH, _adj._ Silent, quiet, S. _To keep souch_, to be silent.
A. S. _swig-an_, _swug-an_, id.
~Souch~, _s._ Silence, S.
A. S. _swig_, id.
SOUCH, _pret. v._ Deserted.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swic-an_, to deliver up; or Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
SOUCHT, _pret._ Assailed by arms.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soek-a_, violenter invadere.
SOUCYE, _s._ The heliotrope, S.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _souci_, _soulsie_, a marigold, a heliotrope, q. _sol sequens_.
SOUD, _s._ A quantity, S. B.
V. ~Sold~.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUDIE, _s._ A gross heavy person, S.
Isl. _sodi_, homo sordidus.
SOUDLAND, _s._ One who comes from the south country, S. B.
SOUDLY, _adj._ Soiled.
V. ~Suddle~.
_Wall._
SOUDOUN LAND, the land of the Soldan or Sultan.
_Bannatyne P._
SOVER, SOVIR, _adj._ Secure; Fr. _seur_.
_Bannatyne P._
~Souerance~, _s._
1. Assurance.
_Wallace._
2. Safe conduct.
_Wallace._
SOVERANIS, _s._ L. _severanis_, difference; O. Fr. _sevr-er_, to separate.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SOUF, SOUFF, _v. n._
1. To sleep in a disturbed manner, S. B.
Su. G. _sofw-a_, A. S. _swef-an_, id.
2. To breathe high in sleep, S. B.
Teut. _soeff-en_, spirare; A. S. _seof-ian_, to moan.
3. To whistle in a low tone, S. A.
_Ferguson._
4. To con over a tune on an instrument.
_Ramsay._
~Souf~, ~Souff~, _s._
1. A disturbed sleep, S. B.
2. High breathing in sleep, S. B.
3. Low whistle, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
4. Strain, humour, S.
_To_ SOUFF, _v. n._ To strike, S. B.
Isl. _sweip-a_, percutere.
SOUKS, SOUKIES, _s. pl._ The flower of red clover, S., from being _sucked_ by children.
SOULDER CRAB, the cancer bernardus.
_Sibbald._
SOULE, _s._ A swivel.
V. ~Sule~.
_Lyndsay._
SOUM, SOWME, _s._ The relative proportion of cattle or sheep to pasture, or _vice versa_, S.
1. _A soum of sheep_, five sheep, in some places ten, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. _A soum of grass_, as much as will pasture one cow, or five sheep, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Sw. _sum_ is equivalent to _tal_, number.
_To_ ~Soum~ _land_, to calculate and fix what number of cattle or sheep it can support, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ ~Soum~ and ~Roum~, to pasture in summer, and fodder in winter, S.
V. ~Rowme~, v.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUMS, _s. pl._ The _sounds_ of the cod dried for food, Shetl.
Dan. _swomm-e_, to swim.
SOUNDS (of a fish), _s. pl._ The swimming bladder, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _sund_, natatio.
_To_ SOUP, SOOP, _v. a._ To sweep, S.
Su. G. _sop-a_, id.
_Lyndsay._
SOUP, SUP, _s._
1. The quantity of spoonmeat taken into the mouth at once, S.
2. A mouthful of liquor, S.
_Dunbar._
3. A considerable quantity of drink, or of any thin food, S.
_Forbes._
Isl. _sope_, a draught, _saup_, spoonmeat.
SOUPAND, _part. pr._ Sobbing, or groaning.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _seof-ian_, ingemiscere.
SOUPLE, _s._ The part of a flail which strikes the grain, S.
_Pop. Ball._
Isl. _sweip-a_, to strike.
SOUR-KIT, _s._ A dish of coagulated cream, S.
_Compl. S._
SOURMILK, _s._ Buttermilk, S.
Sw. _sur mioelk_, id.
SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ Sorrel, S.
_Lightfoot._
Germ. _saurach_, Teut. _suerick_, id.
~Sheep's Sourock~, a species of sorrel.
_Lightfoot._
_To_ SOURSE, _v. n._ To rise.
_Douglas._
Lat. _surg-o_, _-exi_, id.
SOUSE, _s._ A French sol, O. Fr. _solz_.
_Evergreen._
SOUST FEET, cow-heel, S.
_Shirrefs._
SOUTAR, SOUTER, _s._
1. A shoemaker, S. A. S. _sutere_, Lat. _sutor_.
_Evergr._
2. One who makes _brogues_ or shoes of horse-leather, Ang.
~Souter's Brandy~, a cant phrase for buttermilk, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
SOUTH, _s._ A whistling sound.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _sucht_, a sigh; or a corr. of ~Souch~.
SOUTHRON, SOTHERON, SOUDRON, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an Englishman, corr. _Southern_.
V. ~Sodrown~.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ SOUTT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.
Teut. _sucht-en_, suspirare, gemere.
SOW, _s._ A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those who were employed to undermine walls.
_Barbour._
Isl. _graf-suin_, q. the _digging sow_, as meant to cover those who dug under the wall.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S. pron. _soo_.
_L. Hailes._
Teut. _soeuw_, gleba qua agger conficitur.
_To_ ~Sow~, ~Soo~, _v. a._ To stack, S.
SOW, _s._
1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.
Teut. _souwe_, a common shore.
2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.
_To_ SOW, _v. a._ To pierce, to gall.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Sow~, _v. n._ To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.
_Wyntown._
Sw. _swid-a_, Dan. _swi-e_, to smart.
~Sowing~, _s._ The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. _sooin_; tingling pain.
_Barbour._
SOW-BACK, _s._ A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.
SOWCE, _s._ Flummery; such as _brose_, _sowens_, or oat-meal pottage.
_Gl. Sibb._
SOW-DAY, _s._ The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.
_Statist. Acc._
SOWE, _s._ A winding-sheet.
_Second Sight._
Gael. _soadh_, a bed.
SOWEN, _s._ The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working, S.
A. S. _seawe_, Belg. _sogh_, paste.
~Sowens~, _s. pl._ Flummery, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Sowens-porridge~, _s._ Pottage, made of cold _sowens_, by mixing meal with them while on the fire, Ang.
SOWERIT, _part. pa._ Assured.
_Wallace._
SOWLIS, _s. pl._ Swivels.
_Lyndsay._
SOWLPIT, drenched.
V. ~Sowp~.
_To_ SOWME, _v. n._ To swim, S.
_Philotus._
SOWME, _s._ Number.
_Wyntown._
SOWME, _s._ A load carried by a horse.
_Wallace._
Teut. _somme_, A. S. _seom_, onus.
~Sowmir~, _s._ A sumpter-horse.
_Wallace._
Fr. _sommier_, id.
SOWME, SOYME, _s._
1. The rope or chain that passes between the horses, by which the plough is drawn, S. _soam_.
_Douglas._
2. The rope by which hay is fastened on a cart.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soem_, that which conjoins two bodies.
_To_ SOWP, _v. a._
1. To drench, S.
_Doug._
2. Metaph. in reference to grief.
_Houlate._
3. Applied to one who is much emaciated, S.
Teut. _sopp-en_, intingere; Fr. _soupi_, dull.
_To_ SOWTH, _v. n._ To whistle in a low tone, S. O.
V. ~Souch~.
_Burns._
SPAAD, _s._ A spade, Aberd.
Dan. _spaad_.
_To_ SPACE, _v. a._
1. To measure by paces, S.
2. To take long steps with a solemn air.
_Knox._
Belg. _pass-en_, to measure; with _s_ prefixed.
~Space~, _s._ A pace, S. B.
_Law Case._
_To_ SPACIER, _v. n._ To walk, S.
Belg. _spacier-en_, id.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ SPAE, SPAY, _v. n._
1. To foretel, S.
_Shirrefs._
2. To foretoken.
_Douglas._
3. To bode, to forebode.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _spa_, Dan. _spaa-er_, to foretel.
~Spae-book~, _s._ A book of necromancy.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Spae-craft~, _s._ The act of foretelling. S.
_Ramsay._
~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._
1. A prophet, a diviner.
_Bellenden._
2. A male fortuneteller, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.
~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.
SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.
Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.
SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._
1. The spoke of a wheel, S.
_Douglas._
2. A bar (or lever) of wood.
_Acts Ja. III._
Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.
3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.
_Spalding._
4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.
_Lyndsay._
SPAIL, _s._
V. ~Spale~.
_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.
_Monroe._
Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.
~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.
_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.
_Barbour._
Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.
_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._
1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.
2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.
3. To sully by reproach, S.
_Burns._
Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.
~Spairge~, _s._
1. A sprinkling, S.
2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.
3. A dash of contumely, S.
SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._
1. A flood, S.
_Douglas._
2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.
_More._
3. Fluency of speech, S.
_Ruddiman._
Gael. _speid_, a great river flood; perh. from _spe_, froth.
SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, _s._
1. The shoulder.
_Polwart._
2. A joint; as, _lang spauls_, long limbs, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _espaule_, C. B. _yspolde_, the shoulder.
~Black spauld~, a disease of cattle, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, _s._
1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.
Su. G. _spiaell_, segmentum, lamina.
2. A chip; Sw. _spiaela_, id.
_Douglas._
3. A shaving of wood, S.
Fr. _spolla_, the shavings of wood.
_To_ SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.
V. ~Spayn~.
_To_ SPANG, _v. n._
1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.
_Douglas._
2. _v. a._ To cause to spring.
_Douglas._
3. _To spang o'er_, metaph. to overleap.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _spenn-a_, Germ. _spann-en_, to extend.
~Spang~, _s._
1. The act of springing, S.
_Douglas._
2. A fillip.
_Ruddiman._
~Spangie~, _s._ The game in E. called _Boss and Span_.
~Spangie-hewit~, _s._ A barbarous operation of boys to young yellow-hammers, S.
SPANGIS, _s. pl._ Spangles.
_K. Quair._
Teut. _spanghe_, Isl. _spaung_, lamina.
SPANYEART, _s._ A spaniel.
_Douglas._
_To_ SPANYS, _v. n._ To blow fully.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _espanouissement_, full blow of a flower.
_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To move with quickness and elasticity, S.
From _Spang_, v.; or Isl. _spink-a_, decursitare.
~Spanker~, _s._
1. One who walks with a quick and elastic motion, S.
2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.
_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or shine.
Teut. _spange_, lamina.
_Gl. Sibb._
SPAR, ~A-Spar~, _adv._ In a state of opposition, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _sperr-a_, distendere; repagulis munire.
SPARE, _s._
1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.
_Skene._
2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. _spaiver_, S. B.
SPARE, _adj._
1. Barren.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Lean, meagre.
_Morison._
A. S. _spaer_, parcus.
_To_ SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.
~Spark~, _s._
1. A small spot of mire, S.
2. A small portion of any thing.
_Wife of Auchtermuchty._
SPARKLE, _s._ A spark.
SPARKLIT.
V. ~Spreckled~.
SPARLING, SPIRLING, _s._ A smelt, S.
_Sibbald._
Germ. _spierling_; Lat. _eperlan-us_, id.
_To_ SPARPELL, SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse; Fr. _esparpill-er_.
_Douglas._
_To_ SPARS, _v. a._ To spread, to propagate.
_Knox._
Lat. _sparg-o_, _spars-um_, id.
_To_ SPARTLE, _v. n._ To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
V. ~Sprattle~.
SPAT, _s._ The spawn of oysters, Loth.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _spad_, jus, humor.
_To_ SPAVE, _v. a._ To spay, Galloway.
_Statist. Acc._
Lat. _spad-o_, C. B. _dyspaddu_, id.
SPAUL, _s._ A limb.
V. ~Spald~.
SPEANLIE, _adv._ Uncertain.
_Houlate._
SPECHT, _s._ A wood-pecker, S.
_Houlate._
Germ. _specht_, Sw. _specke_, id.
SPECIALTÉ, _s._ Peculiar regard.
_Barbour._
SPECTACLES (of a fowl), _s. pl._ The merry-thought, S.
_To_ SPEDE, _v. n._ To speed, E.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _sped-ian_, Alem. id., Belg. _spoed-en_.
~Spede~, _s._ _To cum spede_, to have success, S.
_Douglas._
SPEEN-DRIFT, SPINDRIFT, _s._ The snow when drifted from the ground by a whirling motion, S. B.; _spune-drift_, S. A.
_Journ. Lond._
Q. _spinning_ drift, from its whirling motion.
SPEERE, _s._ A hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers.
V. ~Spire~, s.
_Ritson._
SPEICE, _s._ Pride.
_Dunbar._
SPEIDFUL, _adj._ Expedient.
_Barbour._
From A. S. _sped_, success.
SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
V. ~Spek~.
SPEIKINTARE, _s._ Supposed to be the sea-swallow.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb.
V. ~Spele~.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ To ask, S.
V. ~Spere~.
SPEK, SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPELD, _v. a._ To expand.
_Henrysone._
Germ. _spelt-en_, Su. G. _spial-a_, to divide.
~Spelding~, ~Speldev~, ~Speldrin~, _s._ A small fish split, and dried in the sun, S.
_Boswell._
_To_ ~Spelder~, _v. a._ To spread open, S.
_To_ SPELE, SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb, S.
_Douglas._
SPELING, _s._ Instruction.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _spell-ian_, docere.
_To_ SPELK, _v. a._ To support by splinters, S.
_Rutherford._
A. S. _spelc-ean_, Su. G. _spiaelk-a_, id.
_To_ SPELL, _v. a._ To tell, to narrate.
_Houlate._
A. S. _spell-ian_, Isl. _spial-a_, narrare.
_To_ ~Spell~, _v. n._ To discourse.
_Pop. Ball._
~Spell~, ~Spele~, _s._ Narrative.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _spel_, a discourse, a history.
_To_ SPEND, _v. n._
1. To spring, Loth.
2. To gallop, Loth.
V. ~Spyn~.
SPENS, SPENCE, _s._
1. The place where provisions are kept, S.
Fr. _despence_, id.
_Henrysone._
2. The interior apartment of a country-house, S.
3. The place where the family sit at meat, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
~Spens~, ~Spensar~, ~Spensere~, _s._ The clerk of a kitchen.
_Wyntown._
_To_ SPERE, SPEIR, SPYRE, _v. n._
1. To search out.
_Barbour._
A. S. _spyr-ian_, investigare.
2. To investigate.
_Barbour._
3. To ask, to inquire, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spyr-ian_, Isl. _spyr-ia_, to inquire. In this general sense, it is used in various forms.
_To speir at_, to interrogate, S.
Isl. _spyr-ia ad_, id.
_To speir after_, to inquire for, S.
A. S. _spyrian aefter_.
_To spier for_, especially as denoting an inquiry concerning one's welfare, S.
_To speir about_, id. S.
~Speryng~, _s._ Information in consequence of inquiry.
_Barbour._
Teut. _speuringhe_, indagatio.
SPERE, SPEIR, _s._ A sphere.
_Douglas._
L. B. _spaer-a_, id.
SPERK-HALK, _s._ A sparrow-hawk.
A. S. _spaer-hafoc_, id.
_Houlate._
To SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse, S.
V. ~Sparpall~.
SPERTHE, _s._ A battle-axe.
_Minstr. Bord._
Isl. _sparda_, spatha, securis genus.
SPETIT, _part. pa._ Pierced.
_Douglas._
Isl. _spiot_, hasta; Teut. _spet-en_, fodicare.
SPEWEN, _s._ Spavin.
_Montgomerie._
SPICE, _s._
1. Appropriated to pepper, S.
_Baillie._
2. Metaph. pride; from the stimulating effect of strong spices.
V. ~Speice~.
~Spicy~, _adj._ Proud, testy, S.
_L. Hailes._
SPYLE, A palisado.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _spiale_, lamina lignea.
SPILGIE, _s._ Long and slender, Ang.
~Spilgie~, _s._
1. A tall meagre person, S.
2. A long limb, S.
Isl. _spilk-ur_, assulae; laths, splinters. Gael. _spealg_, a splinter.
_To_ SPILL, SPYLL, _v. a._
1. To destroy, in whatever way, S.
2. To mar, S.
3. To kill.
_Douglas._
A. S. consumere, interficere.
4. To defile, to deflower.
_Wallace._
A. S. _spill-an_, corrumpere, vitiare.
_To_ ~Spill~, ~Spille~, _v. n._
1. To perish.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. To corrupt, to putrify, S.
3. To be galled, as the effect of heat, S.
_To_ SPYN, _v. n._ To glide, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spynner~, _v. n._
1. To run or fly swiftly, S.
_Douglas._
2. To ascend in a spiral form, S. B.
From the motion of the distaff.
SPYNDILL, _adj._ Thin, slender.
Q. resembling a _spindle_.
_Maitland._
SPYNDLE, SPINDLE, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, including four _hanks_, S. pron. _spynle_.
_Stat. Acc._
Perhaps q. _spin-del_, A. S. _spinn-an_, to spin, and _del_, a portion.
SPYNIST, _part. pa_. Fully spread.
V. ~Spanys~.
_Dunbar._
SPINK, _s._
1. The maiden pink, S.
2. Denoting pinks in general, S.
_A. Douglas._
SPINKIE, _s._ A glass of ardent spirits, Fife.
SPINKIE, _adj._ Slender, and at the same time active, Fife.
Su. G. _spinkog_, gracilis.
SPINTIE, _adj._ Lean, thin, Loth.
SPIRE, _s._
1. The stem of an _earth-fast couple_, reaching from the floor to the top of the wall, partly inserted in, and partly standing out of, the wall, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
2. A wall between the fire and the door, with a seat on it; also called the _spire-wa_, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _spira_, tigillum; C. B. _yspyr_, the chimney-post.
_To_ SPIRE, _v. a._ To wither; denoting the effect of wind or heat, Loth.
~Spiry~, _adj._ Warm, parching, ibid.
O. Fr. _espir-er_, Lat. _spir-are_, to blow.
SPIRLING, _s._
V. ~Sparling~.
SPIRLING, _s._ A broil, Perths.
SPITTAL, L. _pitall_.
V. ~Pettail~.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPITE, _v. a._ To provoke, S.
_Kelly._
SPITTER, _s._
1. A very slight shower, S.
2. Snow in small particles, forcibly driven by the wind, S. A.
_A. Scott._
~It's spitterin~, _v. imp._ A few drops of rain are falling, S. from _spit_, spuere.
SPLECHRIE, _s._
1. Furniture of any kind, S.
2. More generally, the clothes and furniture provided by a woman, in her single state, or brought by her to the house of her husband, when married, S.
3. The executory of a defunct person, S.
Lat. _supellex_, _supellectilis_, household goods.
SPLENDRIS, _s. pl._ Splinters.
_Wallace._
Belg. _splenters_, Dan. _splinde_, id.
SPLENTIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the legs; so denominated from their being applied as splints.
_Acts Ja. I._
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ A tobacco pouch, S. Gael.
_Davidson._
SPLIT-NEW, _adj._ That which has never been used or worn, S.
_Persec. Ch. Scot._
Germ. _splitter-neu_, _new_ as a _splinter_ from the block.
SPLORE, _s._
1. A frolic, S. O.
_Burns._
2. A quarrel ending in blows, S. A.
_Antiquary._
Ital. _esplor-are_; q. to search for sport.
_To_ SPLUNT, _v. n._ To court, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
SPOYN, _s._ A spoon.
_Wallace._
SPON, _s._ Shavings of wood.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _spon_, Isl. _sponn_, id., assula.
SPONK, _s._ Spark, &c.
V. ~Spunk~.
SPONSIBLE, _adj._ Admissible as a surety, S.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _spond-eo_, _spons-um_, to be surety.
SPOOTRAGH, _s._ Drink of any kind, Loth.
Gael. _sput_, bad drink.
_To_ SPORNE, _v. n._ To stumble.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sporn-an_, to stumble at.
SPOURTLIT,
V. ~Sprutillit~.
SPOUT, _s._ The razor-fish, S.
_Sibbald._
SPOUT, _s._ A boggy spring in ground, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Spouty~, _s._ Marshy, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPRACKLE, _v. n._ To clamber, S.
V. ~Sprattle~.
Isl. _sprikl-a_, membra concutere.
SPRAICH, SPRACH, SPREICH, _s._
1. A cry, a shriek, S. B.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sprak-a_, strepere.
2. A multitude; as, a _spraich of bairns_, Ang.
_To_ SPRAICH, _v. n._ To cry with a voice of lamentation, Ang.
SPRAYGHERIE, SPRECHERIE, _s._ Moveables of an inferior description; such especially as have been collected by depredation, S.
_Waverley._
Gael. _spreidh_, cattle.
SPRAYNG, SPRAING, _s._
1. A long stripe, including the idea of variegation, S.
_Douglas._
2. The tail of a comet.
_Spalding._
Teut. _spreng-en_, spargere, variare.
~Spraing'd~, ~Spraingit~, _part. adj._ Striped, streaked, S.
_Journal Lond._
SPRAT, SPREAT, SPRETT, SPRIT, _s._ Jointed-leaved rush, S. _sprot_, S. B.
Isl. _sproti_, a reed.
_Lightfoot._
~Spritty~, _adj._ Full of _sprats_, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SPRATTLE, _v. n._ To scramble, S.
_J. Nicol._
Belg. _spartel-en_, to shake one's legs to and fro.
SPRECKL'D, _adj._ Speckled, S.
Su. G. _sprecklot_, id.
_Ferguson._
SPREE, _s._ Innocent merriment,
_Loth._
Fr. _esprit_, spirit, vivacity.
SPREE, _adj._ Trim, gaudy, spruce, S.
Sw. _spraeg_, formosus.
_A. Douglas._
SPREITH, SPRETH, SPRAITH, SPREATH, SPREICH, _s._ Prey, booty.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spreith~, ~Spreth~, _v. a._ To plunder.
V. ~Spraigherie~.
_Wyntown._
SPRENT, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spreng-an_, spargere.
SPRENT, _pret. v._
1. Sprung.
_Douglas._
2. Ran, darted forth.
_Barbour._
3. Rose up, ascended.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spring-an_, to spring.
~Sprent~, _s._
1. A leap.
_Douglas._
2. The elastic force of any thing, S.
3. Any elastic body, S.
4. The clasp of iron that fastens down the lid of a chest or trunk, S.
_Trans. Antiq. S. Edin._
The back-bone is called the _back-sprent_, S.
SPRETE, _s._ Spirit.
_Douglas._
~Sprety~, _adj._ Sprightly, S. _sprity_.
_Douglas._
~Spretit~, _adj._ Spirited.
_Bellenden._
SPRETT, _s._
V. ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPREUL, _v. n._ To sprawl.
_Douglas._
SPRIG, _s._ A thin nail, without a head, S.
SPRING, _s._ A quick and cheerful tune on a musical instrument, S.
_Lyndsay._
O. Fr. _espring-ier_, to dance.
SPRINGALD, _s._ A stripling, S. B.
_Douglas._
From _spring_, germinare, q. viri germen.
SPRYNGALD, _s._
1. An ancient warlike engine, used for shooting large arrows, pieces of iron, &c.
_Barbour._
2. The materials thrown from this engine.
_Wallace._
Fr. _espringalle_, L. B. _springald-us_, id.
_To_ SPRINKIL, SPRYNKIL, _v. n._ To move with velocity and unsteadiness, or in an undulatory way.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sprenckel-en_, variegare.
SPRIT-NEW, _adj._ Entirely new, S.
SPRITTY, _adj._
V. under ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPROSE, _v. n._
1. To make a great shew, S.
E. _spruce_.
2. To commend one's self ostentatiously, Fife, Ayrs.
3. To magnify in narration, Fife.
SPROT, _s._
V. ~Spratt~.
SPRUSH, _adj._ Spruce, S.
_Shirrefs._
SPRUTILL, _s._ A speckle.
_Douglas._
~Sprutillit~, ~Spourtlit~, _part. pa._ Speckled. S. _sprittilt_.
_Douglas._
Fland. _sprietel-en_, spargere.
SPUG, _s._ A sparrow, S. B.
SPULE, _s._ A weaver's shuttle, S.
Su. G. _spole_, Isl. _spola_, Ir. _spol_, id.
SPULE-BANE, _s._ The shoulder-bone, S.
V ~Spald~.
_To_ SPULYE, SPULYIE, _v. a._
1. To lay waste, S.
2. To carry off a prey, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _spol-ir_, Lat. _spol-iare_.
~Spulye~, ~Spulyie~, _s._
1. Spoil, S.
2. Illegal intermeddling with moveable goods, S.
_Balfour._
~Spulyear~, _s._ A depredator.
_Acts Marie._
SPUNG, _s._
1. A purse with a spring, S.
_Bannatyne P._
2. A fob, S.
_Ramsay._
Moes. G. _pugg_, A. S. Su. G. _pung_, a purse.
_To_ ~Spung~, _v. a._ To pick one's pocket, S.
_R. Galloway._
SPUNK, SPUNKE, SPONK, _s._
1. A spark of fire, S.
_Godly Sangs._
2. A very small fire, S.
_Burns._
3. A match, S.
_Johnson._
4. Spirit, vivacity, S.
_Antiquary._
5. _A mere spunk_, a lively creature, S.
6. A small portion of any principle of action, or intelligence, S.
_More._
7. A very slender ground.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ~Spunk~ _out_, _v. n._ To be gradually brought to light, S.
~Spunkie~, _s._
1. An _ignis fatuus_, S.
_Burns._
2. A lively young fellow, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. An erroneous teacher.
_Walker._
~Spunkie~, _adj._ Mettlesome, S.
_Burns._
SPURDIE, _s._ Any thin object nearly worn out, S. B.
Su. G. Isl. _spiaur_, a worn-out garment.
_To_ SPURE, _v. a._ To investigate.
_Doug._
A. S. _spurian_, id.
SPURGYT, _pret._ Spread itself.
_Wallace._
The same with S. _Sparge_, q. v.
SPUR-HAWK, _s._ The sparrow-hawk, Loth.
Dan. _spurve-hoeg_, id.
SPURTILL, SPIRTLE, _s._
1. A wooden or iron spattle, for turning bread, Ang.
_Knox._
2. A stick with which pottage, broth, &c. are stirred, when boiling, S.
A. S. _sprytle_, assula.
_Ritson._
SQUAD, SQUADE, _s._
1. A squadron, S.
_Wodrow._
2. A party, S.
Teut. _ghe-swade_, cohors, turma.
_To_ SQUATTER, _v. n._ To flutter in water, as a wild duck, &c., S.
V. ~Swatter~.
_To_ SQUATTLE, _v. n._ To sprawl, S. O.
_Burns._
Su. G. _squalt-a_, moveri motu inequali.
SQUIRBILE, SQURBUILE, _adj._ Ingenious, S. B.
_Cant._
O. Fr. _escoriable_, courant, fluant; q. versatile.
_To_ SQUISHE, _v. a._ To squash.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SQUISS, _v. a._ To beat up.
_Z. Boyd._
Fr. _escoussée_, shaken.
SRAL. ~Stones of sral~.
_Sir Gawan._
STAB, _s._ A stake.
V. ~Stob~.
~Stab and stow~, _adv._ Completely, S.
_Hamilton._
_Stab_, a stake; Su. G. _stuf_, the remaining part of the stock.
STABLE, _s._ Station, where hunters placed themselves.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _establies_, companies appointed to a certain station.
STACK, _s._ A columnar rock, Caithn. Orkn.
_Pennant._
Teut. _staeck_, columna; Gael. _stuaic_, a round promontory.
_To_ STACKER, STAKKER, _v. n._ To stagger, S. _stacher_, (gutt.)
_Dunbar._
Sw. _stagr-a_, Isl. _stak-a_, id.