SLORPING, adj. Tawdry, Roxb.
Gl. Sibb.
Su. G. slurfwig, incuriosus, sordidus.
To SLOT, v. a. To fasten by a bolt, S.
Ruddiman.
Belg. sluyt-en, Su. G. slut-a, claudere.
Slot, s.
1. A bar, a bolt, S.
Douglas.
Teut. slot, Belg. sluyt, sera, obex.
2. Applied to the mind.
Rutherford.
3. A cross-spar fastening the bulls of a
harrow, Ang.
SLOT, s.
1. Slot of a hill, a hollow in a
hill, or between two ridges, S.
Isl. slod-r, res humilis et depressa.
2. Slot of the breast, pit of the stomach, S.
SLOT, s. Uncertain.
Barbour.
SLOT, s. A sum of money, S. B.
To SLOTH, v. a.
V. Sleuth, v.
To SLOTTER, v. n.
1. To pass time
sluggishly, S.
Douglas.
2. To act in a slovenly manner, Loth.
Douglas.
Teut. slodder-en, flaccescere.
Slottry, adj. Drowsy, inactive, Loth.
Douglas.
SLOUNG, s. A sling.
V. Slong.
To SLOUNGE, v. n. To go about in an indolent way, especially as catering for a dinner, S.
Dan. slong-er, Germ. schlungel-n, to saunter.
Sloungin-like, adj. Having a downcast look; or moving like one much fatigued, S.
SLOUPE, s. A stupid silly fellow, S. A.
Gl. Complaynt.
Isl. sliov-r, sliof, hebes; or the same with Slyp, q. v.
SLOUSSIS, L. floussis.
V. Flouss.
Barbour.
SLOUTH-HUND, s.
V. Sleuth-hund.
To SLUBBER, v. a.
1. To swallow, so as
to make a noise with the throat, S.
2. To do any thing carelessly.
Z. Boyd.
Su. G. slabbr-a, avide deglutire, Isl. slupr-a, Dan. slubr-e, mollia ingurgitare.
Slubber, s. The act of swallowing as described above, S.
Slubbery, adj. Applied to flaccid food, in swallowing which a noise is made by the throat, S.
Teut. slobber-en, flaccidum esse.
To SLUDDER, (pron. sluther), v. a. The same with Slubber, S. sense 1.
Sluddery, adj. Soft, flaccid, Fife.
Teut. slodder-en, flaccescere.
To SLUDDER, v. a. To slur, to articulate
indistinctly, S. B.
V. Slidder, v.
SLUGGIED, pret. Swallowed greedily,
Moray.
Pop. Ball.
Teut. slock-en, Su. G. sluk-a, Dan. slug-e, deglutire.
SLUGHORNE, SLOGGORNE, s.
1.
The watch-word used by troops in the
field, S., slogan, S. A.
Douglas.
2. Hereditary designation, appellation
of a tribe.
Bellenden.
Ir. sluagh, an army, and corn, a horn.
3. A peculiar quality viewed as inherent
in those of one family or race.
Ruddiman.
SLUMP, s. A remnant, S. B., Sw. id.
SLUMP, s. By slump, altogether, S.
Statist. Acc.
Su. G. slump, totum aliquod.
Slump, adj. Taken in gross, S.
Wodrow.
Slumpert, s. A large quantity; properly, what is not measured, S. B.
SLUNG, s. A sling.
V. Slong.
SLUNKIE, s. A tall thin person.
V. Slinkie.
SLUSCH, SLUSH, s.
1. Plashy ground,
S.
Ruddiman.
2. Snow, in a state of liquefaction, S.
Gl. Complaynt.
Su. G. slask, humor quicunque sordidus.
SLUTE, adj. Slovenly.
Dunbar.
Teut. slodde, sordida et inculta mulier.
Sluttrie, adj. Slovenly, Loth.
SMA, adj. Small, S.
Alem. sma, Su. G. smaa, tenuis.
SMACHRY, s. Trash; a hodge-podge,
S. B.
Journ. Lond.
Isl. smaelke, quisquiliae.
To SMAD, v. a. To stain, to discolour.
Houlate.
Su. G. smet-a, Belg. smett-en, to soil.
Smad, s. A stain of any kind, S. B.
Belg. smette, id.; Teut. smadde, convitium.
SMAICHER, s. (gutt.) A fondling term for a child, S. B.
Su. G. smekr-a, blandiri.
To SMAICHER, v. n. To eat clandestinely, especially what is agreeable to the palate, Ang.
Alem. smechare, delicatus; smak-a, gustare.
SMAIK, s. A mean fellow, S.
Chr. Kirk.
Isl. smeik-r, pusillanimis.
Smaik, adj. Small, puny.
Dunbar.
Smaikrie, s.
1. Pusillanimity.
P. 16th Cent.
2. Roguery.
Leg. St Androis.
SMAIR-DOKEN, s. Common dock, S. B.
Teut. smaer, Isl. smyr, unguentum.
To SMAIRIE, v. a. To besmear, S. B.
Teut. smeer-en, linere, unguere.
SMALE FOLK, those of the lower class.
Wyntown.
SMALIE, adj. Little, puny, S. B.
Isl. smalig, Germ. smalik, id.
To SMASH, v. a.
1. To shiver, S.
2. To hew down, in battle, S.
Burns.
3. To beat severely, S.
Germ. schmeiss-en, to beat.
Smash, s.
1. The state of being shivered,
S.
Journal Lond.
2. The shreds of any thing broken, S.
3. The sound of breaking, S.
Gael. smuais, broken in shivers.
SMATCHET, SMATCHED, SMATCHER, s.
1. A contemptuous term for
a man.
Leg. St Androis.
2. Applied in the same sense to a child,
S.; perhaps from small and chit.
Montgomerie.
To SMATTER, v. n.
1. To be busily engaged
about trivial matters, S.
2. To deal in small wares, S.
3. To smatter awa', to spend in a trifling
way, S.
4. To smatter awa', to consume victuals,
by eating often, and little at a time, S.
Smatters, s. pl.
1. Trifles. S.
2. Small sums, S.
SMATTIS, s. pl. New ale.
Maitland P.
Teut. smets, praedulcis, mulseus.
SMEDDUM, s.
1. The powder of ground
malt, Ang.
2. Powder, of whatever kind, S. O.
Burns.
3. Quickness of apprehension, S.
Morison.
4. Spirit, mettle, S.
Skinner.
5. Good sense and spirit united, S. B.
Gl. Moray.
A. S. smedma, similago, pollen, the finest part of grain; thence transferred to the mind.
To SMEEK, v. a.
1. To smoke, S.
A. S. smec-an.
Ferguson.
2. To dry by smoke, S. B.
Smeek, Smeik, s. Smoke, S.
A. S. smec, id.
Burns.
SMEETH, adj. Smooth, S. B.
A. S. smethe, id.
Wyntown.
Smeethly, Smethely, adv. Smoothly, S. B.
Wyntown.
SMELT, s. The fry of salmon, S.
V. Smolt.
SMERGH, s.
1. Marrow, S. B.
2. Vigour of body in general, S. B.
3. Transferred to the mind, S. B.
Beattie.
Gael. smior, id. Isl. pinguedo; Teut. merghe, with the sibilation prefixed.
Smerghless, Smearless, adj.
1. Pithless,
S. B.
Ross.
2. Insipid, languid, S. B.
Journ. Lond.
3. Senseless, S. B.
Shirrefs.
SMERVY, adj. Savoury, S. B.
Ross.
Dan. marv, marrow; s prefixed.
SMEWY, adj. Savoury, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Dan. smag, savour, smag-e, to taste.
SMY, s. Perhaps, flatterer.
Dunbar.
Dan. smy-er, to fawn, to flatter.
SMIDDY, s. A smith's work shop, S.
Ruddiman.
Sw. smedia, A. S. smiththe, fabrile.
To SMIKKER, v. n. To smile in a seducing
manner.
Gl. Sibb.
Sw. smikr-a, Dan. smigr-e, blandiri.
SMIRIKIN, SMEERIKIN, s. A hearty kiss, S. smurachin, Fife.
Su. G. smirk-a, to caress.
To SMIRKLE, SMIRTLE, SMURTLE,
v. n. To laugh in a suppressed
way, S.
Knox.
A. S. smerc-ian, subridere.
SMIT, s. A clashing noise.
Minstr. Bord.
Teut. smete, ictus concussio.
To SMIT, SMYT, v. a.
1. To stain.
Wyntown.
2. To infect, S.
Acts Ja. I.
A. S. smit-an, Su. G. smitt-a, inquinare.
Smittle, adj. Infectious, S.
Ramsay.
Belg. smettelick, id.
Smit, Smyt, s.
1. A stain.
Bannatyne P.
2. Used in a moral sense.
Wyntown.
A. S. smitta, Belg. smette, macula.
SMYTRIE, s. A numerous collection of
small individuals, Ayrs.
V. Smatters.
Burns.
SMLEFANGER, s. Sibbald.
SMOKE, s. An inhabited house, S.
Stat. Acc.
SMOLT, SMOUT, adj. Clear, mild; applied
to the weather.
Douglas.
A. S. smolt, Su. G. smylter, serenus.
SMOLT, SMELT, SMELTE, s.
1. The
fry of salmon, S. smout.
Acts Ja. VI.
Su. G. smol-a, to crumble; smotti, frustulum.
2. Used to denote a child. S.
SMOOTRIKIN, adj. Tiny and active.
Old Song.
Allied perhaps to smiadr-a, adulari.
To SMORE, SMURE, SMOIR, v. a.
1.
To smother with smoke, S.
Journ. Lond.
2. To choke, to suppress.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
3. To extinguish, Aberd.
4. To conceal, to hide, S.
Douglas.
5. To prevent legal prosecution.
Balfour.
A. S. smor-an, Teut. smoor-en, suffocare, extinguere.
To Smore, Smure, v. n. To suffocate, S.
Lyndsay.
Smor'd thow.
V. Thow.
SMOT, SMOTE, SMOIT, s.
1. A stain,
in general, S. B.
Bannatyne P.
2. The mouldiness which gathers on
what is kept in a damp place.
Ibid.
3. The distinguishing mark put on
sheep, S. A.
4. Moral pollution.
Knox.
Su. G. smuts, Germ. schmutz, macula.
To Smot, v. a.
1. To stain.
V. Smad.
Douglas.
2. To mark with ruddle, tar, &c. S.
SMOTTRIT, part. pr. Besmeared.
V. Besmottrit.
Douglas.
SMOUPSIE, s. A stripling, S. B.
To SMOUTTER, v. n. To eat often, although little at a time, S. B.
Su. G. smutt-a, pitissare, from smaa, parvus.
To SMUE, or SMUDGE, v. n. To laugh in one's sleeve. Loth.
Germ. schmuts-en, subridere.
SMUGLY, adj. Amorous, sly, being at
the same time well dressed.
Gl. Sibb.
Su. G. smyck-a, Belg. smuyck-en, ornare.
SMULACHIN, adj. Puny, looking poorly, S. B.
Gael. smeilag, a pale puny female.
SMURACHIN, s.
V. Smirikin.
To SMURE, v. a.
V. Smore.
SMURR, s. A drizzling rain, Ayrs. Lanerks.
Teut. smoor, fumus, vapor.
To SMURTLE, v. n.
V. Smirtle.
SMURLIN, s. The Mya truncata.
Neill.
SMUSH, s. A sulphurous smell, caused by smoke and dust, Fife.
Germ. schmutz, dirt, nastiness.
SNAB, s. The projecting part of a rock
or hill, S.
Stat. Acc.
Belg. snabbe, a beak or snout.
SNAB, s. A shoemaker's or cobler's boy, S. A. snob, S. B.
Teut. snipp-en, to cut.
SNACK, adj.
1. Quick in action.
Semple.
Isl. snogg, celer, citus.
2. Quick of apprehension, S.
Ramsay.
3. Applied to the product of genius.
Id.
Snackly, adv.
1. Cleverly, S.
2. With intelligence, S.
Ramsay.
Snackie, adj. Full of tricks and quirks.
Pop. Ball.
SNACK, s. A slight repast, S.
V. Snak.
Ramsay.
To SNACK, v. n. To snap as a dog.
Gl. Sibb.
To SNAG, v. n. To snarl, Fife.
Teut. snack-en, latrare, gannire; Isl. snagg-a, litigare.
Snaggy, adj. Sarcastical, Fife.
A. Doug.
Snaggin, s. Raillery.
A. Douglas.
To Snagger, v. n. To snarl.
Ruddiman.
SNAK, s. The gnashing of a dog's teeth,
when he aims at his prey, S.
Douglas.
Teut. snack-en, hianti ore captare.
To SNAP up, v.a.
1. To eat hastily, S.
2. To lay hold of suddenly, S.
Baillie.
Su. G. snapp-a, to catch hastily.
To SNAP, v. n. To make a hasty attempt
to speak.
A. Nicol.
Belg. snapp-en, to tattle impudently.
Snapsy, adj. Tart, S. B.
A. Nicol.
Snappert, adj. Tart, hasty, S. B.
Isl. snaefur, tart, Teut. snapper, loquacious.
SNAP. In a snap, in a moment, S. B.
Belg. met een snap, id.
Ross.
Snaply, adv. hastily, S. B.
Ross.
Teut. snap, raptus.
SNAP DYKE, a stone fence, from four to six feet in height, strong and firmly locked together at the top, S. O.
Teut. snap, interceptio.
Stat. Acc.
To SNAPPER, v. n.
1. To stumble, S.
Kelly.
2. To get into a scrape, S.
Maitland P.
Su. G. snafw-a, titubare; snabb, celer.
Snapper, s.
1. A stumble, S.
2. A failure as to morals, S.
R. Bruce.
SNAP-WORK, SNAPWARK, s. A firelock.
Cleland.
Belg. snaphaan, a cock that snaps.
SNARRE, adj.
1. Tart, severe. S. B.
2. Rigid, firm to the grasp, S. B.
Isl. snar, acer; Belg. snar, snarling.
To SNASH, v. n. To talk saucily, S.
Su. G. snaes-a, verbis asperioribus corripere.
Snash, s. Abuse, Billingsgate, S.
Burns.
Snash, adj. Pert, saucy, S.
Morison.
SNATCH, s. A hasty repast.
V. Snack, s.
Boswell.
SNAW, s. Snow, S. snauw, S. B.
Minstr. Bord.
A. S. snaw, id. Belg. sneeuw.
Snaw-bru, Snaw-broo, s. Snow-water, S.
Burns.
Snawie, adj. Snowy, S.
Burns.
To SNECK, SNEG, v. a.
1. To cut with
a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument,
S.
Ramsay.
2. To sneg off at the web's end, to cut
off one's hopes, S.
Ramsay.
Germ. schneck-en, scindere.
3. To sneck with lime, to make indentations in a wall, filling the blanks with lime; or, in building, to insert a small quantity between the stones in the outer side, S.
Sneck, Sneg, s. A small incision, a cut
suddenly given, S.
Ross.
SNECK, SNICK, s.
1. The latch of a
door, S.
Ross.
Teut. snack-en, captare.
2. A small bolt, S.
To Sneck the door, to fix it by a latch, S.
Ross.
Sneck-drawer, Snick-drawer, s. Auld
sneck-drawer, one who, from long experience,
has acquired great facility in
doing any thing; generally used in a
bad sense, S.
Pop. Ball.
Sneck-drawin, adj. Crafty, S.
Burns.
To SNED, v. a.
1. To prune; S., snath,
S. Bor.
Ruddiman.
2. To lop off, S.
Burns.
3. To remove excrescences.
Z. Boyd.
4. To emasculate, S.
Teut. snijd-en, secare; castrare.
Sneddins, s. pl. Prunings, or twigs lopped off, S.
Teut. snede, a slice.
SNEER, s.
1. The act of inhalation by
the nostrils, Fife.
2. A snort, S.
Minstr. Bord.
SNEESHIN, SNEEZING, s.
1. Snuff,
S.
Ritson.
2. A pinch of snuff, S.
Meston.
Sneeshin-mill, Snishin-box, s. A snuff-box,
S.
Colvil.
To SNEG, v. a. To cut.
V. Sneck.
To SNEIR, v. n. Perh. move swiftly.
Bannatyne P.
Isl. snar-a, celeriter auferre.
SNEIRLY, adv. In derision.
Burel.
SNEIST, s. A taunt, Loth.
V. Snisty.
SNEITH, adj. Uncertain.
Douglas.
SNELL, adj.
1. Keen, severe, S.
Wallace.
2. Sharp, piercing; applied to the temperature
of the air, S.
Douglas.
3. Sarcastic; transferred to language.
Ross.
4. Firm, determined, S.
Ramsay.
5. Acute; in relation to mind, S.
Ramsay.
A. S. snel, Su. G. Teut. snell, acer, alacer.
Snelly, adv.
1. Sharply, S.
Shirrefs.
2. Keenly; applied to the weather, S.
Ferguson.
To SNERE, SNEER, v. a. To breathe forth.
Isl. snerri, sternutatio.
Doug.
SNET. L. suet, q. v.
Barbour.
To SNIB a door, to fasten it with a small bolt, S.
E. and S. snib, q. to put a check on it.
To SNIB a candle, to snuff it, Loth.
Su. G. snopp-a, emungere; de candela.
To SNIFFLE, v. n. To be slow in motion or action, S.
Belg. snefel-en, to hesitate.
SNIFTER, s.
1. A severe blast, S.
Ross.
Isl. snaefur, frigidus, austerus.
2. Any sudden reverse of fortune, S.
3. A cutting repartee, S. B.
4. The effect of a strong purgative, S. B.
To SNIFTER, v. n. To sniff, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. snyfst-a, id.
Snifters, s. pl. Stoppage of the nostrils from cold.
To SNYP, v. n. To nip.
Douglas.
Belg. snipp-en, id.
SNIPE, s. A sarcasm, Loth.
Isl. sneipa, convitium; sneip-a, contumelia afficere.
Snippy, adj. Tart in speech, S.
Isl. snaef-ur, acer, austerus.
SNIPPY, s. One who, in using the scissars, gives too short measure, Ang.
Teut. snipp-en, secare.
SNIPPIT, adj. Applied to a horse with a white face, S. B.
SNIPPIT, adj. A snippit niz, a snub nose, Ang.
Isl. snoppa, rostrum.
SNISTER, s. A severe blast in the face, Ang.
SNISTY, adj. Saucy in language or demeanour, S. B.
Su. G. snaes-a, Isl. snefs-a, to chide severely.
To SNITE, v. a. To snuff; applied to a candle, S.
Su. G. snyta liuset, emungere lucernam.
SNYTH, s. The coot, Orkn.
Barry.
Su. G. snoed, bald, from its head.
To SNOCKER, v. n. To snort, S.
Minstr. Bord.
Dan. snorck-er, Belg. snork-en, id.
Snocker, s. A snort, S.
SNOD, adj.
1. Lopped, pruned, S.
Hudson.
2. Neat; regarding the shape.
Doug.
3. Trim, S.; synon. trig.
R. Galloway.
4. Transferred to literary compositions.
The pret. of the v. Sned.
R. Galloway.
To Snod, v. a.
1. To prune, S.
2. To put in order, S.
Ferguson.
To SNOIF, v. a. To whirl, applied to the
spindle.
V. Snoove.
Douglas.
Su. G. sno, contorquere.
SNOIT, s. Mucus from the nose.
A. S. snote, id.
Watson.
To SNOKE, SNOOK, SNOWK, v. n.
1. To smell at objects like a dog, S.
Douglas.
2. To range, prying into every corner,
S.
Su. G. snok-a, insidiose scrutari.
SNOOD, s. A short hair-line, to which a
fishing-hook is tied, S.
Statist. Acc.
Su. G. snod, funiculus; sno, to twist.
SNOOD, SNOID, SNUDE, s. A fillet
with which the hair of a young woman's
head is bound up, S.
Pennant.
A. S. snod, vitta.
To Snood, v. a. To bind up the hair with
a fillet, S.
Statist. Acc.
To SNOOK, v. n.
V. Snoke.
To SNOOL, v. a. To subjugate by tyrannical means, pron. snule, S.
Dan. snovl-er, to snub.
Ramsay.
To Snool, v. n. To submit tamely, S.
Burns.
Snool, s. One who meanly subjects himself
to the authority of another.
Ramsay.
To SNOOVE, (pron. snuve), v. n.
1. To
move smoothly and constantly, S.
2. To walk with an equal and steady
pace, S.
Burns.
3. To snuve awa', to sneak off, S.
Ir. snoimh-am, nere, torquere.
SNORL, s. A difficulty, a scrape, S. B.
Su. G. snoere, Teut. snoer, funis.
SNOTTER, s.
1. Snot at a child's nose, S.
2. Any thing that has no value.
Cleland.
Fland. snotter, rheuma, catarrhus.
To Snotter, v. n. To breathe hard through
the nostrils.
Ramsay.
SNOW-FLAKE, SNOW-FLIGHT,
SNOW-FOWL, s. Snow-bunting, S.
Statist. Acc.
SNUDE, s.
V. Snood, s. 2.
SNUFFE, s. A disorder in the nostrils.
Watson.
Teut. snuf, defluxio capitis ad nares.
To SNUG, v. a.
1. To push with the head
or horn, Ang.
2. To reprimand with severity, Ang.
Isl. snaegg-ia, duris et asperis verbis excipere.
Snug, s. A stroke, a push, Ang.
SNUGS, s. pl. Small branches lopped off
from a tree, S. B.
V. Sneck.
SNUK, SNUKE, s. A small promontory.
Teut. snoecks, nasutulus.
Wallace.
To SNURL, v. a. To ruffle or wrinkle.
Dan. snurd-a, ruga.
Ramsay.
To SNURL, v. n. To contract like hard
twisted yarn, S. O.
Gl. Sibb.
Isl. snurd-a, id.
Snurlie, adj. Knotty, S. B.
SOAKIE, adj. Plump, in full habit, Loth.
SOAM, s.
V. Sowme.
SOB, s. A land-storm, S. B.
V. Summer-sob.
SOBIR, SOBYR, SOBER, adj.
1. Poor,
mean, S.
Belg. sobere, id.
Douglas.
2. Little, small, S.
Rollocke.
3. Weak, feeble.
Bannatyne P.
4. In a poor state of health, S.
5. Sometimes denoting a moderate state
of health, S.
6. Applied to a person or thing that
does not merit commendation, S.
To Sober, Sobyr, v. a. To compose, to
keep under, S.
Wallace.
SOC, SOCK, SOK, s. The right of a baron, to hold a court within his own domains, S.
A. S. soc, curia, jurisdictio.
Soccoman, Sockman, s.
1. One who holds
lands by soccage.
Reg. Maj.
2. A tenant subjected to certain restrictions,
and bound to perform certain
services, Aberd.
Statist. Acc.
To SOCHER, (gutt.) v. n. To make much of one's self, to live delicately, particularly by the use of palatable draughts, S.
Gael. socair, ease, rest; sogh, delicacy.
SOCK, SOK, s. A ploughshare, S.
Fr. soc, id.
Pal. Hon.
SODDIS, SODDS, s. pl. A sort of saddle
used by the lower classes, made of
cloth stuffed, S.
Maitland P.
A. S. seod, pl. seodas, a sack.
SODIOUR, s. A soldier.
Barbour.
O. Fr. sodoier, id.
SODROUN, SUDROUN, SOTHROUN,
s.
1. Englishmen.
Wallace.
2. The English language, as distinguished
from the Scottish.
Douglas.
Q. southern, A. S. sutherne.
SOY, s. Silk.
Fr. soye.
Ritson.
SOILYIE, s. Soil.
V. Sulye.
SOYME, s. A rope.
V. Sowme.
SOIT, SOYT, s.
1. An assize.
Stat. Rob. II.
2. Attendance on an overlord by his
vassals, in the court held by him.
Skene.
Fr. suite, sequela.
Soytour, Soyter, s.
1. One appearing in
a court, as the vassal of another.
Skene.
2. One employed by another to manage
his business in court.
Quon. Att.
A. S. soth.
Douglas.
Soithfast, adj.
V. Suthfast.
To SOKE, v. n. To slacken, Pink.
Teut. swijck-en, to subside.
K. Hart.
SOLACE, s. Sport.
Douglas.
Solacious, s. Cheerful.
Barbour.
SOLAND, SOLAND GOOSE, s. The
gannet, S.
Houlate.
Norw. sule, Isl. sula, id.
To SOLD, v. a. To solder.
Acts Ja. IV.
Fr. soud-er, Ital. sold-are, id.
SOLD, s.
1. A weight, ingot, S. sowd.
Douglas.
2. Money in general.
Wallace.
Teut. sold, soud, stipendium; A. S. seod, a purse.
SOLESHOE, s. A piece of iron on that part of a plough on which the share is fixed, Fife.
Su. G. sko, denotes whatever strengthens the extremity of any thing.
SOLYEING, s. The act of solving.
O. Fr. sol-er, soivere.
Priests Peblis.
SOLIST, adj. Careful, anxious; Lat. solicit-us.
Compl. S.
To SOLIST, v. a. To solicit.
Douglas.
Solistare, s. A solicitor.
Acts Ja. V.
SON, s. The sun.
Belg. son, id.
Douglas.
SONCE, s. Prosperity.
V. Sons.
To SONYIE, SUNYIE, v. n.
1. To care,
to regard.
Bannatyne P.
2. To be anxious, as implying a fearful
apprehension of the future.
Wallace.
3. To be diligent.
Lyndsay.
4. Denoting hesitation, in consequence
of anxious thought.
Bellenden.
Fr. soign-er, to care, to be diligent.
Sonyhe, Sunye, s.
1. Care.
Wallace.
2. Anxiety.
Priests Peblis.
3. Pains, industry.
Montgomerie.
Fr. soing, care, diligence.
To SONK, v. n. To drivel, to loiter.
Ramsay.
Su. G. siunk-a, to sink; sink-a, tardare.
SONK, s.
1. Such a seat as may be used
as a couch.
Douglas.
A. S. song, Su. G. saeng, a couch.
2. A grassy seat, S.
Douglas.
3. A wreath of straw, used as a cushion, or a load saddle.
Godscroft.
SONOUNDAY, s. Sunday.
Barbour.
A. S. sunnan-daeg, id.
SONS, SONCE, s.
1. Prosperity, felicity,
Loth.
Dunbar.
2. Abundance.
Wyntown.
Gael. Ir. sonas, prosperity, happiness.
Sonsy, Sonse, adj.
1. Lucky, fortunate,
S. B.
Lyndsay.
2. Good-humoured, well-conditioned,
S.
Pop. Ball.
3. Having a pleasant look, S.
Burns.
4. Plump, thriving, S.
Ramsay.
5. Denoting fullness, conjoined with
cordiality in the host.
Kelly.
To SOOCH, (gutt.) v. n. To swill, S.
E. swig; Isl. siug-a, sorbeo.
Sooch, s. A copious draught, S.
To SOOGH, v. n.
V. Souch, v.
SOOTH, adj. True, S.
V. Soith.
Kelly.
SOOTY-SKON, s. A cake baked with soot, to be eaten on Halloween, S. B.
SOP, s. A slight meal.
V. Soup.
Barbour.
SOP, s. Juice, moisture.
Douglas.
Teut. sop, liquamen, liquor.
SOP, SOPE, s.
1. A crowd.
Barbour.
2. Any body, consisting of a variety of
parts or particles conjoined.
Douglas.
Isl. sopp-ur, pila, sphaera.
To SOPE, SOUP, v. n. To become weary,
to faint.
Douglas.
Moes. G. swaif, cessavit; A. S. swaef-ian, deficere.
SOPHAM, SOPHINE, s. A sophism;
Fr. sophime.
Wallace.
SOPPES DE MAYN, some restorative
cordial.
Sir Gawan.
SORDANE, adj. Perhaps, private.
Fr. sourdine, id.
Dunbar.
SORDES, s. Filth, S. B.
Law Case.
Lat. sordes, id.; Isl. saurd-a, to defile.
Sordid, pret. Defiled.
Barbour.
SORE, adj. A sorrel or reddish colour.
Fr. saure, id.
Douglas.
SORY. L. scry, cry.
Wallace.
SORING, part. pr. Bewailing.
Burel.
A. S. sorg-ian, lugere.
To SORN, SORNE, v. n.
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.