To Round, v. n.
V. Roun, v.
ROUND, adj. Abundant.
V. Rouch.
ROUN-TREE, ROAN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE,
s. The mountain-ash, S.
Lightfoot.
Su. G. ronn, runn, sorbus aucuparia.
ROUND, s.
1. A round dance, S. roundel.
Fr. dance à la ronde.
2. The tune appropriated to a dance of
this kind.
Douglas.
ROUND-ABOUT, s. A circular fort.
Statist. Acc.
ROUNDAL, s. A poetical measure, generally
of eight verses.
Douglas.
Fr. rondeau, Teut. rondeel, rhythmus orbicularis.
ROUNDAR, s.
V. Rounar.
ROUNDEL, s. A table.
Priests Peblis.
Teut. rondeel, id.
ROUNG, s. A cudgel.
V. Rung.
ROUNGED, part. adj.
V. Ronged.
To ROUP, ROWP, ROPE, ROIP,
ROLP, v. n.
1. To cry, to shout.
Doug.
2. To cry hoarsely.
Knox.
3. v. a. To sell by auction, S.
Teut. roep-en, clamare.
Fountainhall.
Roup, Rouping, s. An outcry, S.
Pennant.
Rouper, s. One who cries.
Montgomerie.
Rouping-wife, s. A female auctioneer, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
ROUP, s.
1. Hoarseness, S.
Beattie.
Isl. hroop, vociferatio.
2. The disease otherwise called the croup,
S. B.
Watson.
3. A disease affecting hens in the mouth
or throat, S.
Roupy, Roopit, adj. Hoarse, S.
Burns.
ROUP, s. A close mist, Border.
ROUST, s. Rust, S.
Douglas.
Rousty, adj. Rusty, S.
Teut. roest, and roestigh.
ROUST, ROST, s. A strong tide or current,
Orkn.
Brand.
Isl. roest, raust, aestuaria.
To ROUST, v. n.
1. To cry with a rough
voice, S. B.
Douglas.
2. To bellow; applied to cattle, S. B.
Douglas.
Isl. raust, vox canora; Dan. roest, a cry.
Roust, s. The act of roaring, S. B.
Rousty, adj..
1. Hoarse.
Ruddiman.
2. Not refined.
Pal. Hon.
ROUSTREE, s. The cross bar on which the crook is hung, Aberd.
Su. G. roeste, suprema aedificii pars.
To ROUT, ROWT, v. n.
1. To bellow,
S.
Burns.
Isl. raut-a, rugire belluarum more.
2. To make a great noise.
Douglas.
Rout, Rowt, s.
1. The act of bellowing,
S.
Douglas.
2. A roar, a loud noise, S.
Douglas.
To ROUT, v. a. To strike, S.
Ross.
Isl. rot-a, percutio; rot, ictus.
Rout, Rute, s. A severe blow, S.
Barbour.
ROUTAND, part. pr. Assembling.
Isl. rot-ast, conglobare.
Barbour.
ROUTH, ROUCH, s.
1. The act of
rowing.
Douglas.
2. A stroke of the oar.
Douglas.
A. S. rewete, rowette, remigatio.
ROUTH, ROWTH, s. Plenty, S.
Ramsay.
C. B. rhwth, large, capacious.
Routhie, adj. Plentiful, S.
Burns.
ROUTHLESS, adj. Profane, Fife.
E. ruthless used in a particular sense.
ROUTHURROK, s. The bernacle
goose, Orkn.
Leslie.
Isl. hrota, bernacla.
To ROW, v. a.
1. To roll.
Douglas.
2. To elapse.
Douglas.
3. To revolve.
Id.
To row about, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.
ROWAN, ROWING, s. A flake of wool,
S.
Edin. Encycl.
To Cast a Rowan, to bear an illegitimate
child.
Gl. Sibb.
ROWAN, s. Auld rowan, a bawd, who,
by wheedling, endeavours to entice a
young woman to marry an old man.
Philotus.
Germ. rune, Su. G. runa; al-runa, or alte-runa, mulier fatidica.
ROWAN, s. A turbot, Fife.
Stat. Acc.
ROWAR, s. A moveable wooden bolt;
q. a roller.
Wallace.
ROWY, s. King; Fr. roi.
Bannatyne P.
ROWKAR, s. A whisperer, a tale-bearer.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Zeland. roeck, delator, Alem. ruog-en, to defame.
To ROWME, ROUME, v. n. To roam.
Douglas.
A. S. ruman, Belg. ruym-en, diffugere.
To ROWME, v. a.
1. To clear.
Wyntown.
2. To enlarge.
Wyntown.
Teut. ruym-en, vacuare; ampliare.
3. To place.
Keith.
Germ. raum-en, in ordine disponere.
Rowme, Roume, s.
1. Space.
Wyntown.
2. A possession in land.
Bellenden.
3. Situation as to preaching.
Spotswood.
4. Official situation.
Baillie.
5. Ordinal relation.
R. Bruce.
6. Place in a literary work.
Wodrow.
A. S. Su. G. rum, place of any kind.
Rowme, Roume, Room, adj.
1. Large.
Wallace.
A. S. Su. G. rum, Teut. ruym, amplus.
2. Clear, empty.
Ferguson.
Teut. ruym, vacuus.
Rowmly, adv. Largely.
Wyntown.
To ROWMYSS.
V. Rummyss.
To ROWT, v. n. To snore.
Barbour.
A. S. hrut-an, Isl. hriot-a, id.
ROZET, s. Rosin.
V. Roset.
RUBIATURE, s. Robber.
Leg. St Androis.
L. B. rubator, Ital. rubatore, latro.
To RUCK, v. n. To belch.
Lyndsay.
Teut. roeck-en, Lat. ruct-are.
RUCK, s. A heap of corn, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
Isl. hrauk, Su. G. roek, cumulus.
RUCK-RILLING.
V. Rewelynys.
RUD, adj. Red.
Wallace.
A. S. rude, reod, Alem. ruod.
Rude, s.
1. Redness.
Douglas.
2. Those parts of the face, which in
youth and health have a ruddy colour,
S. B.
Chr. Kirk.
A. S. ruda, rubor, vultus.
To RUDDY, v. n. To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B.
Isl. hrid, a storm; force in general.
RUDE, adj. Strong, stout.
Douglas.
RUDE, s. Spawn, Ayrs.
V. Redd.
Kennedy.
RUDE, RWD, s. The cross.
Douglas.
A. S. Su. G. rod, Germ. rode.
Rude-day, s. The third day of May, S. B. called the Invention of the Cross.
RUDE-GOOSE.
V. Rood-goose.
To RUFE, v. n. To rest.
V. Roif.
Chron. S. P.
Ruff, s. Rest.
V. Roif.
To RUFF, v. n. To roll a drum, S.; also
ruffle.
Wodrow.
Germ. ruff-er, to cry.
2. To give a plaudit, S.
Ruff, s.
1. Roll of the drum, S.
R. Galloway.
2. Beating with the feet, as expressive
of applause.
Ruffe, s. Fame, celebrity.
RUFFIE, s. A ruffian, Ang.
Lyndsay.
Su. G. rof-wa, to rob.
RUFFY, s.
1. A wick clogged with tallow,
Tweed.
Stat. Acc.
2. The blaze used in fishing by night,
with the lister, S. A.
Sw. roe-lius, a rush light.
RUFFILL, s. Loss, injury.
Dunbar.
Teut. ruyffel-en, terere, verrere.
RUFLYT, pret. v. Annoyed.
Barbour.
To RUG, v. a.
1. To pull hastily or
roughly, S.
Pop. Ball.
2. To tear, S.
Douglas.
3. To spoil, to plunder.
Teut. ruck-en, Dan. rag-er, to pluck.
RUG, s.
1. A rough or hasty pull, S.
2. A great bargain, S.
Ruggair, s. A depredator.
Monroe.
RULLION, s.
1. A shoe made of untanned
leather.
V. Rewelynys.
2. A coarse-made masculine woman,
Fife.
RUM, adj. Excellent, Loth. Cant E.
RUMBLEGARIE, adj. Disorderly, S.
Ramsay.
Qu. ready (A. S. gear-u) to rumble.
RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMTION,
s. Common sense, S.
Beattie.
A. S. rum, rum-well, spatiosus, and geom-ian, curare.
To RUMMIL, RUMLE, v. n. To make
a noise, S.
Douglas.
Teut. rommel-en, strepere.
To RUMMYSS, RUMMES, ROWMYSS,
v. n. To bellow, S.
Henrysone.
Isl. rym-a, id.
RUMPLE, RUMPILL, s.
1. The
rump, S.
Ramsay.
2. The tail, S.
Bellenden.
RUNCHES, s. pl. Wild mustard; also,
wild radish, S. A. Bor.
Polwart.
RUND, ROON, s.
1. A border, a selvage, S.
Burns.
2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Isl. rond, raund, margo, extremitas.
To RUNDGE, v. n. To gnaw.
V. Ronged.
Evergreen.
RUNG, s.
1. Any long piece of wood, S.
Chr. Kirk.
2. A coarse heavy staff, S.
Maclaurin.
3. Used to denote the stroke of poverty.
J. Nicol.
Moes. G. hrung, virga; Isl. raung, pl. rungor, the ribs of a ship.
To RUNK, v. a. To deprive of, whether by fair or foul means, S. B.
Isl. rank-or, fraud; or perh. corr. from E. rook, to cheat.
RUNK, adj. Wrinkled, Aberd.
Journal Lond.
Su. G. rynka, Dan. rincke, a wrinkle.
To RUNKLE, v. a.
1. In part. pa. runkled,
wrinkled, S.
Ramsay.
2. To crease, to crumple, S.
A. S. wrincl-ian, Su. G. rynck-a, rugare.
Runkle, Runkill, s.
1. A wrinkle, S.
Douglas.
2. A rumple, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
RUNRIG, lands are said to lie runrig,
where the alternate ridges of a field belong
to different proprietors, or are occupied
by different tenants, S.; qu.
ridges running parallel.
Erskine.
RUNT, s.
1. Trunk of a tree.
Pal. Hon.
2. A hardened stalk; as, a kail runt,
the stem of colewort, S.
Burns.
3. The tail of an animal, Galloway.
4. A contemptuous designation for a
female, more generally applied to one
advanced in life, with auld prefixed, S.
Germ. rinde, bark, crust.
Davidson.
RUNT, s. An old cow, S. B., one that has given over breeding, Caithn.
Germ. rinde, an ox, or cow.
RURYK, adj. Rural, rustic.
Wallace.
To RUSCH, RWYSS, v. a. To drive.
Barbour.
Su. G. rus-a, rusk-a, irruere.
Rusche, Rwhys, s. Drive.
Wyntown.
To RUSE, ROOSE, v. a. To extol;
sometimes reese, S.
Douglas.
Ill rused, discommended.
Kelly.
Isl. raus-a, jactabundè multa effutio, ros-a, extollere.
RUISE, RUSSE, RUSS, s.
1. Boast.
Douglas.
Isl. raus, gerrae, loquacitas.
To mak a tume ruse, to boast where
there is no ground for it, but the reverse,
Ang.
2. Commendation, praise, S.
Ritson.
Su. G. ros, roos, praise.
Ruser, s. One habituated to self-commendation.
Kelly.
RUSHIE, s. A broil, Fife.
Teut. ruysch, Isl. rusk-a, strepitus.
RUSKIE, s.
1. A basket, made of twigs
and straw, for carrying corn, Perths.
Loth.
2. A vessel made of straw for holding
meal.
Kelly.
3. A bee-hive, S. B.
Su. G. rusk, congeries virgultorum; rysia, Germ. reusche, a bee-hive.
RUTE, s. A blow.
V. Rout.
RUTE, s. A fowl.
V. Rood-goose.
Acts Marie.
RUTHER, s. An uproar, S.
Ross.
A. S. hruth, commotio, C. B. rhuthr, impetus.
RUTHER, RUTHYR, s. Rudder.
Wallace.
RUTILLAND, part. pr. Croaking.
Lyndsay.
Teut. rotel-en, grunnire, murmurare.
RUTOUR, s. A spoiler.
V. Roysters.
Bellenden.
To RUVE, v. a.
V. Roove.
RUWITH, Uncertain.
Sir Gawan.
This letter, as occurring in the beginning of words, cannot, in many instances, be viewed as a radical. While prefixed in some Goth. dialects, it was thrown away in others; especially before k. The same term sometimes appears with s, and sometimes without it; as in cry and scry; creek of day, and skreek. Ss is often used by our old writers as the mark of the pl.; as, horss for horsis, horses.
SA, SUA, SWA, conj.
1. So, consequently,
S. sae.
Gawan and Gal.
2. In such a manner.
Barbour.
3. As, in like manner.
Barbour.
Moes. G. swa, swe, A. S. swa, Su. G. Dan. saa, ita.
To SA, v. n. To say.
Douglas.
Alem. Germ. sag-en, A. S. saeg-an, id.
SACKE, s. Sackcloth.
Godly Sangs.
SACK, s.
V. Sak.
SACKET, SAKKET, s. A small sack,
S. B.
Complaynt S.
To SACRÉ, v. a. To consecrate.
Fr. sacrer, id.
Douglas.
To SACRIFY, v. a.
1. To sacrifice.
Fr. sacrifi-er, id.
Douglas.
2. To consecrate.
Douglas.
3. To appease, to propitiate.
Id.
SAD, adj.
1. Grave.
Wallace.
2. Wise, prudent.
Wallace.
3. Firm, steady.
Wallace.
C. B. sad, firm, wise, discreet, sober.
4. Close, compact, S.
C. B. sathru, calcare, to tread; syth, solidus.
5. Heavy, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
6. Weighty, applied to evidence.
Buchanan.
7. Flat, close to the ground, S.
8. Denoting a grave colour.
Inventories.
Sadly, adv.
1. Steadily.
Wallace.
2. Closely, compactly.
Barbour.
To Sad, v. n. To become solid, S.
To SAD, v. a. To make sad.
Baillie.
SAEBIENS, SAEBINS, conj. Since,
i. e. being sae, or so.
Ramsay.
SAFER, s. Damages.
V. Sefor.
Spotsw.
SAFT, adj.
1. Opposed to what is fatiguing,
S.
Ritson.
2. Pleasant.
Ritson.
3. Tranquil, at rest, S.
Gl. Sibb.
Teut. saft, suavis, mollis.
Saft, Saftly, adv. Softly.
Ferguson.
2. Lightly.
Minstr. Bord.
To Saft, v. n. To mollify.
Dunbar.
To SAGHTIL, v. n. To be reconciled.
A. S. sahtl-ian, reconciliare.
Sir Gawan.
Saghtlyng, s. Reconciliation.
V. Saucht.
Ibid.
To SAY, v. n. I yow say, I tell you.
A. S. sege me, dic mihi.
Barbour.
To SAY, SEY, v. a.
1. To put to trial, S.
Pitscottie.
2. v. n. To endeavour, S.
O. Fr. say-er, essayer, tenter.
SAY, SAYE, s. A water-bucket, Inverness,
Orkn.; a milk-pail, Dumfr.
Acts Ja. I.
Su. G. saa, vas quo aqua portatur.
SAYARE, s. A poetical writer.
Doug.
A. S. saeg-an, narrare; sage, narratio.
SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species
of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine,
named from a species of hawk.
Complaynt S.
Fr. sacre, "the hawk, and the artillerie so called;" Cotgr.
SAIKLESS, SAYKLES, adj.
1. Guiltless,
S.
Douglas.
2. Free, in a general sense.
Douglas.
A. S. sacleas, Isl. saklauss, sine culpa.
SAIL-FISH, s. The basking shark, S.,
denominated from a large fin which it
carries above water.
Stat. Acc.
SAILYE, s. An assault.
Wallace.
O. Fr. sail-ir, to assault.
SAILL, s. Happiness.
V. Seile.
SAYN, s. Narrative.
Wallace.
Dan. sagn, saying.
To SAIN, v. a. To bless.
V. Sane.
SAYND, s. Message or messenger.
Barbour.
A. S. sand, legatio; legatus.
Send, an embassy, S. B.
Sayndis-man, s. Messenger.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. sandes-man, nuntius.
SAIP, s. Soap, S.
Lyndsay.
A. S. Dan. saepe, id.
SAIR, SAYR, SARE, adj.
1. Painful, S.
2. Sorrowful; as, a sair heart.
3. Violent.
Wallace.
4. Severe; as sair sickness, S.
Wallace.
Su. G. saar, A. S. sar, gravis, molestus.
5. Niggardly, as, sair master, a sair merchant, S.
Sair, s. A sore, a wound, S.
Ferguson.
A. S. Isl. sar, Su. G. saar, dolor; vulnus.
Sair, Sar, Sare, adv.
1. Sorely, S.
A. S. sare, graviter.
Barbour.
2. In a great degree, S.
Douglas.
Germ, sehr, Belg. seer, valde.
Sair Head, a headach, S.
A. Nicol.
Sairly, adv. Sorely.
Douglas.
To SAIR, v. a.
1. To serve, S.
Ross.
2. To fit, to be large enough, S.
3. To satisfy; as, with food, S.
Ross.
Sairing, s. What satisfies one, S.
Ross.
SAIRLES, SARELESS, adj. Tasteless,
S. B.
V. Sawr.
Diallog.
SAIT, s. The Court of Session in S.
Dunbar.
SAK, SACK, s. The privilege of a baron
to prosecute, try and judge his vassals
in his own court.
Reg. Maj.
A. S. sac, actio, causa forensis.
SAKE, s. Blame, guilt.
Sir Tristrem.
Su. G. sak, guilt, crime.
SALE, SAIL, SAILL, s.
1. A palace.
Douglas.
2. A hall, a chamber.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. Su. G. sal, aula, palatium.
SALEBROSITY, s. A rough place.
Baillie.
SALIKE, SAELIKE, adj. Similar, of the same kind, S. B.
Moes. G. swaleiks, Isl. slyke, talis.
SALER, s. A salt-cellar.
Sir Gawan.
SALERIFE, adj. Saleable, S.
SALERYFE, adj. Abounding with sails
or ships.
Douglas.
SALL, L. stal, stole.
Houlate.
SALSS, s. Sauce.
Barbour.
Germ. salz-en, sale condire.
SALT, SAWT, s. Assault.
Barbour.
O. Fr. saut, id.
SALT, adj.
1. Having bitter consequences,
S.
Douglas.
2. Costly, expensive, S.
Salt Se, or Sea, the sea; from the ancient
use of the term as denoting the
sea itself.
Douglas.
To SALUS, v. a. To salute.
Wallace.
O. Fr. salus, salutation.
SALUT, s. Health, safety; Fr.
Compl. S.
SAMBUTES, s. pl. Housing for a horse.
O. Fr. sambue, id.
Sir Gawan.
SAMIN, SAMYN, adj. The same, S.
Abl. of Moes. G. sama, idem.
Compl. S.
SAMYN, SAMIN, adv.
1. Together.
Barbour.
2. At the same time.
Douglas.
3. As soon, with as.
Douglas.
A. S. samne, Belg. samen, simul, una.
SANAPÉ, s. Mustard.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. Dan. senep, Gr. σιναπις, id.
SAND-BLIND, adj. Having that weakness of sight which often accompanies a very fair complexion, S. synon. blind-fair.
SANDE, part. pa. Girt.
Sir Gawan.
O. Fr. saint, from saind-re, ceindre, environner.
SANDY-GIDDOCK, s. The launce, a
fish, Shetl.
Neill.
Probably a dimin. from Dan. giedde, Isl. gedda, a pike, from its resemblance in shape; q. the little ged or pike.
SAND-LARK, The sea lark, Orkn.
Barry.
Sandy lerrick, or laverock, of S.
SAND-LOWPER, s. A small species of
crab, Fife.
Sibbald.
To SANE, v. n. To say.
V. Seyne.
Dunbar.
To SANE, SAYN, SAINE, SEYN, v. a.
1. To make the sign of the cross.
Barbour.
2. To bless.
Dunbar.
Germ. segen, a sign; segn-en, to bless.
Sain, s. Blessing, S. B.
SANG, s. Song, S. A. S.
Wyntown.
SANGLERE, s. A wild boar; Fr. sangliere.
Douglas.
SANGUANE, SANGUYNE, adj. Having
the colour of blood; Fr. sanguin.
Douglas.
SANOUROUS, adj. Healing.
Houlate.
O. Fr. san-er, to heal.
SANRARE, L. thesaurare, treasurer.
Houlate.
SANS, prep. Without, Fr.
Douglas.
SAP, s. Liquid of any kind, taken with solid aliment, S.
Belg.
Morison.
Sapmoney, s. Money allowed to servants
for purchasing sap, S.
Stat. Acc.
Saps, s. pl. Bread soaked or boiled in some
nourishing liquid, as, ale-saps, butter-saps,
S.
Gl. Sibb.
Isl. saup, Gael. sabhs, soup.
To SAR, v. a. To vex, to gall.
Wallace.
A. S. sar-ian, dolere.
SARBIT, interj. A kind of exclamation, S. A.
Supposed to be corr. from sorrow a bit.
To SARD, v. a. To rub, to chafe.
Lyndsay.
Isl. sard-a, serd-a, cutem contrectare.
SARDE, pret. Galled.
V. Sar.
SARE, adj. Sore.
V. Sair, and s.
Sare, s.
1. A sore, S.
Douglas.
2. Mental pain, sorrow.
Douglas.
A. S. sar, Sw. saer, dolor.
To SARE, v. n. To soar.
Douglas.
To SARE, v. n. To savour.
V. Sawer.
Sareless, adj. Unsavoury, S. B.
V. Sair, v.
Ross.
SARGEAND, s. A squire.
Bannatyne P.
O. Fr. sergeant, homme de guerre.
SARY, SAIRY, adj.
1. Sorrowful.
Douglas.
A. S. sari, sarig, tristis, moestus.
2. Sorry, wretched.
Wyntown.
SARIOLLY, SARRALY, adv. Artfully.
Barbour.
A. S. searolice, artificiose; sear ars.
SARIT, pret. Vexed.
V. Sar.
SARK, s. A shirt, S.
Wallace.
A. S. syrc, Su. G. saerk, indusium.
Sarked, Sarkit, part. pa.
1. Provided
with shirts or shifts, S.
Gl. Shirr.
2. Covered with thin deals, S.
Sarkin, s. The covering of wood above the rafters, S.
Sarking, adj. A designation of cloth for
making coarse shirts, S.
Spalding.
SARRALY, adv.
V. Sariolly.
To SASE, v. a. To seize; Fr. sais-ir.
Douglas.
SAT, s. A snare.
Sir Tristrem.
Su. G. saett, sata, id.
SATE, s. Omission, trespass.
Douglas.
Fr. saut, a leap.
Satoure, s. A transgressor.
King's Quair.
To SATIFIE, v. a. To satisfy.
O. Fr. sattifier, id.
Crosraguel.
SATTERDAY, SATERDAY, s. Saturday.
A. S. saeter daeg, the day of Saturn.
Setterdayis slop, a gap ordained to be
left in the cruives for catching salmon,
in fresh waters, from Saturday after the
time of Vespers, till Monday after sun-rise.
Acts Ja. I.
SAUAGE, SAWAGE, adj.
Intrepid.
Wallace.
SAUCH, SAUGH, s. The willow, S.
Lightfoot.
Sw. saelg, A. S. salh, O. Fr. saulg.
SAUCHT, SAUGHT, part. pa.
1. Reconciled.
Barbour.
A. S. saeht, id. Su. G. saett-a, conciliari.
2. At ease, in peace.
Douglas.
Su. G. sackta, tranquillus, pacificus.
Saucht, Saught, s. Ease, tranquillity, S.
A. S. sahte, saett, peace.
Ross.
Sauchning, Saughtening, Sawchnyng, s.
1. Reconciliation.
Douglas.
2. A state of quietness.
Wallace.
SAUDALL, s. A companion.
Burel.
Lat. sodal-is.
To SAUF, v. a. To save.
Gawan and Gol.
Fr. sauf, safe.
SAUF, To Sauf, prep. Saving.
Wyntown.
Saufe, s. Salve.
Douglas.
Sauyn, s. L. saysin, seizin.
Douglas.
SAUL, SAWL, s. The soul, S.
Douglas.
A. S. saul, sawel, Moes. G. saiwala.
Saules, adj. Dastardly, mean, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
Saull-prow, s. Spiritual profit.
V. Prow.
Gawan and Gol.
SAULLIE, SAULIE, s. A hired
mourner, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
From the repetition of Salve Regina.
To SAUR, v. n.
V. Sawer.
* SAVOUR, s. Unction in preaching, S.
* Savoury, adj. Possessing unction, S.
SAUT, s. Salt, S.
Ramsay.
Saut-fat, s. A salt-cellar, S.
A. S. sealt-faet, id.
SAW, SAWE, s.
1. A saying, a proverb, S. O. E.
A. S. saga, sage, dictum.
Doug.
2. A discourse, an address.
Barbour.
3. Language in general.
Wyntown.
4. A legal decision.
Dunbar.
Dan. sag, a suit.
5. An oracle, a prediction.
Douglas.
A. S. sage, a foretelling.
To SAW, v. n. To sow.
Douglas.
A. S. saw-an, Su. G. Isl. saa, id.
To SAW, v. a. To save.
Douglas.
SAWCHYNG.
V. Sauchning.
Wallace.
SAWELY, L. fawely, few.
Wallace.
To SAWER, SAWR, SAUR, SARE,
v. n. To savour.
Barbour.
Sawr, s. Savour.
K. Hart.
SAWSLY, adv. In pickle.
Dunbar.
SAWT, s. Assault.
V. Salt.
SAWTH, p. v. Saveth.
Wallace.
Moes. G. saihs, id.
Saxt, adj. Sixth.
N. Burne.
Saxté, adj. Sixty, S.
Wallace.
Moes. G, saihstis, id.
* SCAB, s. A gross offence.
Z. Boyd.
SCAD, s. Any colour seen by reflection;
or the reflection itself, S.
Rutherford.
A. S. scade, umbra.
SCADLIPS, s. Thin broth, S. B.; hence
more apt to scald the lips.
Ritson.
SCAFF, SKAFFIN, s.
1. Food of any
kind, S.
Ross.
Su. G. skap, provision.
2. Expl. merriment, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.
Scaffar, s. A parasite.
Bellenden.
Su. G. skaffare, one who provides food.
Scafferie, s.
V. Skafrie.
SCAIL, s. A sort of tub.
V. Skeel.
Sir Egeir.
SCALDRICKS, s. pl. Wild mustard,
Loth.
V. Skelloch.
Stat. Acc.
To SCALE, v. a.
V. Skail.
SCALKT, pret. v. Bedaubed.
V. Skaik.
Dunbar.
SCALLIARD, s. A stroke, W. Loth.
Isl. skell-a, to strike, skell-r, a stroke.
SCALP, SCAWP, s.
1. Land of which
the soil is very thin, S.
Ramsay.
A metaph. use of E. scalp.
2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.
Sibbald.
Scalpy, Scaupy, adj. Having thinness of soil, S.
To SCAM, v. a. To scorch, S.
V. Skaumit.
SCAMP, s. A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;
Teut. schamp-en, to slip aside.
To SCANSE, SKANCE, v. n.
1. To
shine, to make a great show.
Ferguson.
Su. G. skin-a, splendere.
2. To make a great shew in conversation,
S. B.
3. To magnify in narration, S. B.
Su. G. beskoen-a, causam ornare verbis.
To SCANCE, SKANCE, v. a.
1. To reflect
on, S.
Philotus.
Su. G. skoen-ia, mentis acie videre.
2. To reproach; to make taunting or
censorious reflections on the character of
others, especially in an oblique manner,
S.
J. Nicol.
3. To give a cursory account of any
thing, S.
A. Douglas.
Scance, s.
1. A cursory calculation, S.
2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.
SCANSYTE, part. pa. Seeming.
Su. G. skin-a, apparere.
Wallace.
SCANT, s. Scarcity.
V. Skant.
SCANTLINGS, s. pl. Rafters which support the roof of a projection, Ang.
Teut. schantse, sepimentum muri.
Scantlins, adv. Scarcely, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Scantlishin, s.
1. Scanty increase, W.
Loth.
2. Small remainder, ibid.
SCAPE, s. A bee-hive.
V. Skepp.
SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, s.
1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from
which the sward has been washed down
by rains, Loth.; also, skard.
Lay Last Minstr.
2. A cliff, Ayrs.
Burns.
Su. G. skaer, rupes, C. B. esgair, a ridge.
SCARCHT, s. A hermaphrodite, S. Scart.
A. S. scritta, id.
Pitscottie.
SCARF, s. The corvorant; also, the shag,
Orkn.
V. Scart.
Barry.
SCARMUS, s.. A skirmish.
Bellenden.
Ital. scarramuccia, L. B. scaramutia.
SCARPENIS, s. pl. Pumps; Fr. escarpines.
Maitland P.
SCARSEMENT, s. The edge of a ditch on which thorns are to be planted, S.
To SCART, v. a.
1. To scratch, S.
Cleland.
2. To scrape a dish with a spoon, S.
Ramsay.
3. To scrape together money.
More.
A. Norm. escrat; A. Bor. scraut.
Scart, s.
1. A scratch, S.
Ramsay.
2. A niggard, S.
3. A puny person, S.
Scart-free, adj. Without injury, S.
Cleland.
Scart, adj. Puny.
Dunbar.
Scartle, s. An iron instrument for cleaning
a stable, Tweedd.
J. Nicol.
SCART, SKART, SCARTH, SCARF,
s. The corvorant, S.
Houlate.
Norw. skarv, Isl. skarf-ur, id.
SCAS, s. Portion?
Sir Gawan.
Alem. scaz, a penny; treasure.
To SCASHLE, v. a. To use any piece of dress carelessly, S. B.
Isl. skuasl, quisquiliae.
SCATT, s. The name of a tax paid in
Shetland.
Statist. Acc.
Su. G. Isl. skatt, A. S. sceat, a tax, E. shot, scot and lot.
SCAUD-MAN'S-HEAD, s. Sea urchin, S.
SCAUR, s.
V. Scar.
SCAURIE, SCOREY, s. The young of
the herring-gull, Orkney.
Neill.
Sw. skiura, Norw. skiure, id.
SCAWP, s.
V. Scalp.
SCELLERAR, s. One who has the
charge of the cellar.
Houlate.
L. B. cellerar-ius, id.
SCHACHT, s. Property.
Henrysone.
Fland. schacht lands, a rood of land.
SCHAFTMON, SHAFTMON, SCHATHMONT, s. A measure of
six inches in length.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. scaeft-mund, half a foot.
SCHAGHES, s. pl. Groves.
V. Schaw.
SCHAIFE, SCHEIF, s.
1. A bunch of arrows, twenty-four in number.
Alem. scaph, a quiver.
Stat. Rob. I.
2. A certain quantity of iron or steel.
Skene.
SCHAIK, TO-SCHAIK, pret. Shook.
Douglas.
SCHAKERIS, SHAIKERS, s. pl.
1. Thin plates of gold, silver, &c. hanging
down.
Douglas.
Teut. schaeckier-en, alternare.
2. Moisture distilling from flowers.
Id.
SCHAKER-STANE, s. The stone-chatter,
S. stane-chacker.
Burel.
SCHALD, adj. Shallow; shaul, S.
A. S. scylf, a shelve.
Barbour.
Schald, Shauld, s. A shallow place.
Douglas.
SCHALIM, SHALM, SHALIN, SHAWME, s. The cornet.
Houlate.
Su. G. skalmeia, Teut. schalmey, a pipe.
SCHALK, s.
1. A servant.
Gawan and Gol.
A. S. scalc, Su. G. Isl. skalk, id.