SEND, adv. Then, thereafter.
Priests Peblis.
Teut. sind; Su. G. sendan, deinde, the same with Syne, q. v.
SEND, s.
1. Mission, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. The messengers sent for the bride at
a wedding, S. B.
V. Saynd.
SENDYLL, adv. Seldom.
V. Seindle.
SENYHÉ, s. An assembly.
V. Seinye.
SENYHÉ, s. Badge worn in battle.
O. Fr. seingnie, Lat. sign-um.
Wynt.
SENON, s. A sinew, S.
Wallace.
Belg. senuwen, Sicamb. senen, id.
SENS, s. Incense.
Bellenden.
To SENSE, v. n. To scent.
Kelly.
SENSYMENT, SENSEMENT, s. Sentiment,
judgment.
Douglas.
SENSYNE, adv.
V. Sen.
SENTHIS, adv. Hence.
Gl. Sibb.
SERD, pret. v. Served.
V. Sair, v.
Wallace.
SERE, adj. Several.
V. Seir.
SERE, adv. Eagerly;
A. S. sare, id.
Douglas.
SERE, s. Sir, Lord.
V. Schir.
To SERF, v. a.
V. Serve.
Douglas.
SERGE, SIERGE, s. A taper, a torch.
Wyntown.
Fr. cierge, a large wax-candle, a flambeau.
SERGEAND, s.
1. A squire; O. Fr. id.
Wyntown.
2. An inferior officer in a court of justice.
Skene.
SERYT, L. cryt, cried.
Wallace.
SERMONE, SERMOND, s. Discourse.
O. Fr. id.
Bellenden.
SERPLATHE, s. Eighty stones of wool.
Fr. sarpilliere, E. sarp-cloth.
Skene.
To SERS, SEIRS, v. a. To search.
Douglas.
To SERVE, SERF, SERWE, v. a. To
deserve.
Wallace.
SERUIABLE, adj. Active.
Douglas.
SERVITE, SERVYTE, s. A table napkin,
S.
Spalding.
Fr. serviette, Teut. servett, id.
SESSION, SESSIOWN, s. The consistory,
or parochial eldership in Scotland,
S.
Knox.
Sessioner, s. A member of the session or
consistory.
Wodrow.
To SET, v. a. To lease, S.
Wyntown.
Set, s. A lease, S.
Spotswood.
Setter, s. One who lets out any thing for
hire, S.
Baillie.
To SET, v. a.
1. To beset.
Wyntown.
2. To lay snares.
Douglas.
Su. G. Isl. saett-a, insidias struere.
Set, s. A gin or snare.
Barbour.
Su. G. sata, insidiae feris positae.
SET, s.
1. The spot in a river, where stationary
nets are fixed, S.
Law Case.
2. The net thus set, S.
Ibid.
Su. G. saett-a ut et naet, to spread a net.
SET, s. Attack, onset, S.
Ross.
SET, s. Kind, manner, S.
Su. G. saett, id.
To SET, v. a.
1. To become one, as to
manners, rank, merit, &c. S.
Barbour.
2. To become, as to dress, S.
Bannatyne P.
3. Setting, part. pr. Having a prepossessing
appearance, or natural gracefulness
of manner, S.
Ross.
Su. G. saet-a, convenire.
SET, s. The chartered constitution of a
borough, S.
Stat. Acc.
A. S. saet-an, constituere.
To SET after ane, v. a. To pursue one, S.
Su. G. saetta after en, id.
To SET aff, v. n. To go away, S.
SET, SETT, conj. Though.
Wallace.
Perh. the imperat. of the v.
* SET, part. pa. Disposed, S.
Douglas.
Ill set, cross-grained.
Ruddiman.
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.
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.
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.