Strummal, Strummil, adj. Stumbling, S.
stumral.
Dunbar.
Teut. striemel-en, cespitare, nutare gressu.
Strummel, Strumbell, s. A person so
feeble that he cannot walk without stumbling.
Dunbar.
To STRUNT, v. n.
1. To walk sturdily, S.
Burns.
2. To walk with state, to strut, S.
Old Song.
STRUNT, s. Spirituous liqour of any kind, S. O.
Burns.
STRUNT, s. A pet, a sullen fit.
Ramsay.
O. Fr. estront-oier, attaquer, injurier; or, in contempt, from estrouen, L. B. strunt-us, stercus humanum.
STRUNTAIN, s. A sort of woollen network.
Stat. Acc.
Sw. strunt, trash, refuse.
STRUNTY, adj. Short, contracted, Ang.
Fr. estreint, pinched, shrunk up.
STRUTE, STROOT, adj.
1. Stuffed
full, crammed, S.
2. Drunken, S.
Ramsay.
3. Metaph. vain-glorious.
O. E. strout, to protuberate, Germ. strotz-en, turgere.
STUDY, STUTHY, STYDDY, s. An
anvil; stiddie, S. studdie, S. B.
Doug.
Isl. stedia, incus.
To STUFF, v. a.
1. To supply, to provide.
Bannatyne P.
Fr. estoff-er, id. Germ. stoff, apparatus.
2. To supply with men; referring to
warfare.
Douglas.
Stuff, s.
1. Corn or pulse of any kind, S.
Burns.
2. Vigour, whether of body or mind;
mettle, S.
O. Fr. gens d'estoffe, gens de courage.
3. The men placed in a garrison for its
defence.
Wyntown.
4. A reserve in the field of battle.
Wallace.
STUFF, s. Dust, Ang.
Teut. stuyve, stof, pulvis.
STUFFET, s.
1. A lackey, a foot-boy.
Dunbar.
O. Fr. estaffier, id., Ital. staffetta, a courier.
To STUG, v. a. To stab, to prick with a
sword.
Wodrow.
O. Belg. stocke, sica, ensis.
V. Stok, v.
STUGGY, adj. Applied to stubble of unequal length, in consequence of carelessness in cutting down the corn, S. B.
Germ. stucke, pars a toto separata; Isl. stygg-r, asper.
STUGHIE, s. What fills very much; as, food that soon distends the stomach, Loth.
Stughrie, s. Great repletion, ibid.
V. Stech.
STULT, adj. Having the appearance of
intrepidity, or of haughtiness.
Wallace.
Su. G. stolt, Isl. stollt-ur, magnificus, fastuosus.
STUMFISH, adj. Strong, rank; applied to grain when growing, Loth. Tweed.
Germ. stumpf, blunt, denoting a trunk wanting the top.
Isl. stumr-a, cespitare.
Douglas.
To STUMP, v. n.
1. To go on one leg, S.
Teut. stompe, mutilatum membrum.
2. To go about stoutly; at times implying
the idea of heaviness, clumsiness, or
stiffness in motion, S.
Burns.
Stumpie, adj. Mutilated, S.
Su. G. stumpig, curtus, mutilatus.
Stumpie, s. Any thing that is mutilated, S.
To STUNAY, v. a.
V. Stonay.
To STUNGLE, v. a. Slightly to sprain any joint or limb, S. B.
E. stun, or Fr. estonn-er.
STUNKARD, adj.
V. Stonkerd.
STUPE, s. A foolish person, S. B.
Teut. stuype, defectio animi.
STURDY, s. A vertigo, a disease to
which black cattle when young, as well
as sheep, are subject, S.
Stat. Acc.
O. Fr. estourdi, dizzy-headed, Su. G. stort-a, to fall or rush headlong.
STURE, STUR, STOOR, adj.
1.
Strong, robust, S.
Barbour.
2. Rough in manner, austere, S.
Minstr. Bord.
3. Rough, hoarse, S.
Gl. Shirr.
Su. G. stor, anc. stur, ingens, Isl. styrdr, asper.
STURNE, s. Trouble, vexation.
Barbour.
Belg. stoor-en, to trouble, stoorenis, disturbance.
STUROCH, s. Meal and milk, or meal and water stirred together, Perths.
Teut. stoor-en, to stir.
To STURT, v. a. To vex, to trouble, S.
Burns.
Su.G. stoert-a, Germ. sturz-en, praecipitare, deturbare.
Sturt, s.
1. Trouble, vexation, S. B.
Douglas.
2. Wrath, indignation, S. B.
Chr. Kirk.
Dan. stird, styrt, strife.
To Sturt, v. n. To startle, S.
Burns.
Sturtsumnes, s. Crossness of temper.
Maitland P.
To STUT, v. a. To prop, to support with stakes or pillars, S.; steet, Aberd.
Isl. styd-ia, stod-a, id.
Pop. Ball.
Stut, s. A prop, a support, S.
Belg. stut, A. S. studu, Isl. stud, id.
STUTHERIE, s. A confused mass, S. B. perhaps the same with Stouthrie, s. 2.
STUVAT, STEWAT, s. A person in a
state of violent perspiration.
Lyndsay.
O. Fr. estuv-er, to stew; Ital. stufat-o, stewed.
SUAWE, SWAY, conj. adv. So.
V. Sa.
Barbour.
SUBCHETT, SUBDITT, s. A subject.
Dunbar.
Fr. soubject; Lat. subdit-us.
SUBERBYLLIS, s. pl. Suburbs.
O. Fr. suborbies, id.
Bellenden.
SUBMISSE, adj. Submissive; O. Fr.
soubmis.
Godscroft.
SUCCUR, SUCCURE, SUCCRE, s.
Sugar, S. sucker.
Compl. S.
Fr. sucre, Dan. sucker, id.
To Succre, v. a. To sweeten with sugar,
S.
Z. Boyd.
SUCKEN of a mill, s.
1. The jurisdiction
attached to a mill, S.
Erskine.
2. The dues paid at a mill, S.; shucken,
Moray.
Pop. Ball.
A. S. soc, Su. G. sokn, exactio, jurisdictio.
Suckener, s. One who is bound to grind his grain at a certain mill, S.
SUCKIES, s. pl. The flowers of clover, S.
V. Souks.
A. Douglas.
SUCKUDRY, SUKUDRY, SUCQUEDRY,
s. Presumption.
Barbour.
O. Fr. surcuiderie, surquiderie, id.; from surcuid-er, presumer.
SUDDAINTY, s.
1. Suddenness, S.
R. Bruce.
2. Slauchter of suddantie, accidental homicide.
Acts Ja. III.
To SUDDILL, SUDDLE, v. a. To
sully, to defile, S.
Douglas.
Teut. sodel-en, Germ. sudel-en, inquinare.
SUDEREYS, s. pl. A name given to
some of the Hebudae.
Pennant.
Isl. sudreyia, id.; from sudr, south, and ey, island; as lying to the south of the point of Ardnamurchan.
SUELLIEG, s. Burning ague.
Compl. S.
A. S. swael-an, urere, to burn, and ece, dolor.
SUERD, SWERD, s. A sword.
Wallace.
Su. G. Belg. swaerd, Isl. Dan. swerd, id.
SUET, SWETE, s. Life.
Barbour.
Su. G. swett, sudor; also sanguis.
* To SUFFER, v. n. To delay.
Wallace.
O. Fr. se souffr-ir, to forbear.
Suffer, adj. Patient in bearing injurious
treatment.
Wallace.
SUFFISANCE, s. Sufficiency; Fr.
K. Quair.
SUFRON, s. Sufferance.
Houlate.
Fr. soufr-ir, to suffer.
To SUGG, v. n. To move heavily, somewhat in a rocking manner, S.
Su. G. swig-a, loco cedere.
SUGGIE, s.
1. A young sow, S. B.
2. A person who is fat, S. B.
A. S. suga, Su. G. sugga, a sow.
SUGH, s. Whistling sound.
V. Souch, s.
To SUIT, v. a. To sue for.
V. Soyt.
R. Bruce.
SUITH, adj. Credible, honest.
A. S. soth, true.
Montgomerie.
SUKERT, adj. Sweet, sugared, fondled,
caressed.
Dunbar.
SUKUDRY, s.
V. Suckudry.
To SULE, v. a. To soil.
V. Suddill.
SULE, s. A ring with a swivel, S. B.
Isl. sweif, volva, Su. G. soelia, a ring into which a thong is put.
SULE, s. Perhaps for scule, school.
Kennedy.
SULFITCH, adj. Suffocating, applied to smell, Ang.
Isl. swael-a, fumigare, suffocare.
SULYE, SOILYIE, s. Soil, ground,
country; O. Fr. soille.
Douglas.
SULYEART, adj. Clear, bright.
Doug.
Fr. soilier, splendens, rutilus.
SUM, a termination of adjectives.
1. Denoting conjunction; as, threesum,
three together, S.
Compl. S.
Su. G. sam, plurium unitas.
2. Signifying similitude; as, lufsum, amiable, S.
A. S. sum, id., sibsum, pacificus, paci similis.
3. In some degree, S.
A. S. sum, Su. G. sam, id., lang-sum, diuturnus aliquantum.
SUM, adj. Some; used distributively,
A. S. id.
Bellenden.
SUMDELL, SUMDELE, adv.
1. Somewhat,
in some degree.
Barbour.
2. Respecting quantity or number.
Barbour.
A. S. sum daele, aliqua parte, partim.
SUMER, s. A sumpter-horse.
Barbour.
O. Fland. Fr. sommier, id.
SUMMER-BLINK, s.
1. A transient
gleam of sunshine, S.
2. Used metaph. in relation to religious
feelings.
V. Blenk.
Rutherford.
SUMMER-COUTS, SIMMER-COUTS,
s. pl. The exhalations, seen to
ascend from the ground in a warm day,
S. B.
Ross.
Perhaps q. summer-colts, in allusion to the frisking of young horses.
SUMMER-SOB, s. A summer storm,
Ang.
Ross.
Teut. soeff-en, flare; Gael. siob-am, id.; siob-an, drift, blast.
SUMMYN, adj. Some.
Douglas.
All and summyn, all and every one.
A. S. sumne, aliquot.
SUMP, s. The pit of a mine.
Stat. Acc.
SUMPH, s. A soft blunt fellow, S.
Ramsay.
Germ. sumpf, Teut. sompe, a marsh; or Su. G. swamp, a spunge; also, a mushroom.
To Sumph, v. n. To be in a state of stupor.
Cleland.
Sumphish, adj. Stupid, blockish, S.
Ramsay.
SUMPHION, s. A musical instrument.
O. Fr. symphonie.
Gl. Sibb.
SUNDAY'S CLAISE, dress for going
to church in, S.
Ferguson.
SUN-FISH, s. The basking shark, S.
Stat. Acc.
To SUNYE, v. a. To care.
V. Sonyie.
SUNK, s. Sunks, s. pl.
V. Sonk.
SUNKETS, s. pl. Provision of whatever kind, S. A.
Perhaps a corr. of E. somewhat.
Ramsay.
To SUOUFE, v. n. To slumber.
V. Souf.
Burel.
To SUP, v. a. To take food with a spoon,
S.
Rutherford.
Su. G. sup-a, sorbillare. Usurpatur de cibis jurulentis.
SUPERFLEW, adj. Superfluous.
Fr. superflu,-ue, id.
Bellenden.
SUPERSAULT, s. The somerset.
Fr. soubresault, id.
Mellvill's MS.
To SUPIR, SYPYR, v. n. To sigh.
Fr. soupir-er, id.
Burel.
To SUPPEDIT, v. a. To supply; Lat.
suppedit-o.
Compl. S.
SUPPOIS, SUPPOSE, conj. Although,
S.
Douglas.
SUPPOIST, SUPPOST, s.
1. A supporter,
an abettor.
Knox.
Fr. suppost, one put in the room of another.
2. A scholar in a college.
Spotswood.
L. B. suppositum, id.
To SUPPOSE, To substitute, in a supposititious
way.
Spotswood.
Fr. suppos-er, to suborn, to forge.
SUPPOWALL, s. Support.
Barbour.
SURCOAT, s. An under-waistcoat, S.
Ross.
O. Fr. surcot, changed, unmeaning.
SURFET, adj. Extravagant in price.
Fr. surfaire, to overprize.
Bellenden.
SURGET, s. Perh. a debauched woman;
O. Fr. surjet, id.
Sir Gawan.
SURNOWME, SURNOWNE, s. Surname; Fr. surnom.
Wyntown.
SURS, s. A hasty rising upwards.
Doug.
Lat. surg-o, surs-um, to rise.
To SUSHIE, v. n. To shrink, W. Loth.
SUSKIT, adj. Much worn, threadbare, S. B.
Dan. siaske, nastiness, siasket, nasty, negligent.
SUSSY, SUSSIE, s. Care, S.
Pitscottie.
Fr. souci, id.
Sussie, adj. Careful, attentive to.
Maitland P.
To Sussy, v. n. To care, S. B.
Chr. S. P.
SUTE, adj. Sweet, pleasant.
Wyntown.
SUTE, s. A company of hunters.
Doug.
Fr. suite, a chace, pursuit.
SUTE HATE.
V. Fute Hate.
A. S. sothfaest, id.
Suthfastnes, s. Truth.
Barbour.
SUWEN, 3 pl. v. Attend; wait on.
Fr. suivent, id.
Sir Gawan.
SWA, SWAY.
V. Sa.
SWACK, adj.
1. Limber, pliant, S.
Ross.
2. Clever, active, nimble, S. B.
Teut. swack, flexilis; Isl. sweigia, incurvare.
SWACK, s. A large quantity, S. O.
Isl. swack, turba, motus.
SWADRIK, s. Sweden.
Bannatyne P.
In Sw. Swerike, from Swea rike, i. e. the kingdom of the Suiones.
SWAGAT, adv. So, in such way.
A. S. swa, so, and gat, a way.
Barbour.
To SWAY, SWEY, v. n. (pron. swey).
1. To incline to one side. S.
Doug.
Isl. sweig-ia, Su. G. swig-a, inclinare.
2. To swing, S.
Sway, s.
1. A moveable instrument of
iron, of a rectangular form, fastened to
one of the jambs of a chimney, on which
pots and kettles are suspended over the
fire, S.
2. A swing, S.
SWAIF, v. Perh. ponder.
Bannatyne P.
Isl. sweif-a, librari.
SWAIF, SUAIF, s. A kiss.
Chr. S. P.
Lat. suav-ium, id.
To SWAYL, v. a. To swaddle, S. B. sweal,
S.
Ross.
A. S. swaethil, fascia; swed-an, vin-cire.
SWAITS, s. New ale or wort, S. swats.
A. S. swate, ale, beer.
Ramsay.
SWAYWEYIS, adv. Likewise.
Acts Ja. I.
To SWAK, SWAKE, v. a.
1. To cast
with force.
Douglas.
2. To strike, S. B.
Teut. swack-en, vibrare.
Swak, Swake, s.
1. A throw.
Ruddiman.
2. A hasty and smart blow.
Wyntown.
3. A violent dash.
Douglas.
4. Metaph. a little while.
Douglas.
To SWAK away, v. n. To decay, to waste.
Bannatyne P.
Dan. swackk-er, to waste; Teut. swack-en, to fail.
SWAK, s. Errat. for Snuk, q. v.
Wallace.
SWALE, part. pa. Fat, plump.
Douglas.
Isl. swell-r, tumidus.
To SWALL, SWALLY, v. a. To devour.
Dunbar.
Su. G. swaelg-a, A. S. swelg-an, devorare.
SWALME, s. A tumor, an excrescence.
Dunbar.
A. S. swam, Teut. swamme, tuber, fungus.
SWAMP, adj.
1. Thin, not gross, S.
2. Not swelled, S.
SWANE, SWAYN, s.
1. A youngman, S.
2. A man of inferior rank.
Douglas.
Isl. swein, Su. G. swen, juvenis; servus.
SWANGE, s. Perh. groin.
Sir Gawan.
Su. G. swange, ilia.
SWANK, adj.
1. Slender, not big-bellied,
S.
2. Limber, pliant, agile, S.
Ferguson.
Dan. swang, lean, meagre; Germ. schwank-en, motitare.
Swanky, s. An active or clever young fellow,
S.
Douglas.
Swanky, adj.
1. Perh. empty, hungry.
Dunbar.
2. Applied to one who is tall, but lank,
Fife.
To SWAP, v. a. To exchange, S.
Isl. skipt-a, mutare.
To SWAP, v. a.
1. To draw.
Barbour.
2. To throw with violence.
Barbour.
3. To strike.
Wallace.
Isl. swip-a, vibrare; sweip-a, percutere.
Swap, s. A sudden stroke.
Sir Gawan.
SWAP, SWAUP, s. The cast or lineaments of the countenance, S.
Isl. swip-ur, imago apparens; swipad-r, vultu similis.
Sax. and Gael.
Swapit, part. adj. Moulded.
Dunbar.
SWAPPIS, Perh. sedges.
Pal. Hon.
Teut. schelp, carex.
SWAPPYT, part. pa. Rolled or huddled
together.
Wallace.
Isl. sweip-a, Su. G. swep-a, involvere.
SWAR, s. A snare.
Wallace.
Moes. G. swer-an, insidiari.
SWARE, SWIRE, SWYRE, s.
1. The neck.
Douglas.
2. The declination of a mountain or hill,
near the summit, S. corr. squair.
Dunbar.
3. The most level spot between two
hills, Loth.
A. S. sweor, a pillar; cervix, the neck.
To SWARF, v. n.
1. To faint, to swoon,
S. swarth, Ang.
Ross.
2. To become languid.
Douglas.
Su. G. swoerfw-a, in gyrum agitari.
Swarff, Swerf, s.
1. Stupor, insensibility.
Wallace.
2. A fainting-fit, a swoon; swarth, Ang.
Cleland.
SWARFE, s. The surface.
Rollocke.
SWARYN, s.
V. Syvewarm.
SWARRACH, s. A large unseemly heap, Ang.
Su. G. swaer, gravis.
SWARTBACK, s. The great black and
white gull, Orkn.
Barry.
Norw. swartbag, id.
SWARTH, s. A faint.
V. Swarf.
SWARTRYTTER, s. Properly, one belonging
to the German cavalry.
G. Buchanan.
Teut. swerte ruyters, milites nigri.
SWASH, s. The noise made in falling
upon the ground S.; squash, E.
Ruddiman.
To SWASH, v. n. To swell.
Z. Boyd.
Su. G. swassa, to walk loftily.
Swash, s.
1. One of a corpulent habit, S.
2. A large quantity viewed collectively,
S.
Swash, Swashy, adj.
1. Of a broad make, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
2. Fuddled; q. swollen with drink, S.
Ramsay.
SWATCH, s.
1. A pattern, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. A specimen of whatever kind, S.
Wodrow.
3. Metaph. a mark, S.
SWATHEL, s. A strong man.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. swithlic, ingens, vehemens.
SWATS, s. pl. New ale, S.
V. Swaits.
To SWATTER, SQUATTER, v. a.
1. To move quickly in any fluid, generally
in an undulating way, S.
Lyndsay.
2. To move quickly in an awkward manner.
Watson.
Teut. swadder-en, turbare aquas, fluctuare; Su. G. sqwaettr-a, spargere.
Swatter, s. A large collection, especially of small objects in quick motion, Loth.
SWATTLE, s. The act of swallowing with avidity, Stirlings.
To SWAVER, v. n. To walk feebly, as
one who is fatigued, S. B.
Ross.
Teut. sweyv-en, vacillare, nutare; sweyver, vagus.
To SWEAL, v. a. To swaddle, S.
V. Swayl.
To SWEAP, v. a. To scourge, S.
Isl. swipa, a scourge.
Ruddiman.
SWECHT, s. The force of a body in motion.
Su. G. swigt-a, vacillare.
Doug.
To SWEE, SWEY, v. n. To incline to one side.
Swey, s.
V. Sway.
SWEEK, s. The art of doing any thing properly, S. B.
Su. G. swik, swek, dolus; Isl. mer-um swig, ultra meas vires.
To SWEEL, v. n. To drink copiously. S. swill, E.
* SWEET, adj. Not salted, S.
A. Douglas.
SWEETBREAD, s. The diaphragm in animals, S.
SWEETIES, s. pl. Sweetmeats, S.
Ramsay.
Sweetie-bun, Sweetie-scon, s. A cake
baked with sweetmeats, S.
Pop. Ball.
SWEG, SWEIG, s. A quantity, a considerable number, Loth.
This seems merely a variety of Swack, q. v.
SWEY, s. A long crow for raising stones, Ang.
Isl. sweig-ia, inclinare.
SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, s. A drone, a sluggard, S.
A. S. sweng, lazy; swongornes, torpor.
SWEIR, SWERE, SWEER, SWEAR,
adj.
1. Lazy, indolent, S.
Dunbar.
A. S. swaer, swere, piger, deses.
2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.
Ramsay.
3. Niggardly, unwilling to part with
any thing, S. O.
Dead-sweir, adj. Extremely lazy, S.
Rutherford.
Sweir-kitty, s. An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.
Sweir, and Kitty, a contemptuous term for a woman.
Sweirnes, s. Laziness, S.
Dunbar.
Sweir-tree, s. An amusement, in which two persons are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first draw the other up; Fife.
SWELCHIE, s. A seal.
V. Selch.
Brand.
SWELCHIE, s. A whirlpool, Orkn.
V. Swelth, s.
SWELL, s. A bog, S. B.
V. Swelth.
To SWELLY, v. a. To swallow, S.
Douglas.
A. S. swelg-an, Su. G. swael-ja, vorare.
To SWELT, v. n. To die.
Barbour.
A. S. swealt-an, swelt-an, mori.
To SWELT, v. n. To have a sense of suffocation,
especially from heat, S.
Ross.
Isl. swael-a, swaelt, suffocare.
SWELTH, adj. Voracious.
Douglas.
A. S. swelgeth, devorat, q. that which swalloweth; Isl. swaelt-a, esurire.
SWELTH, s. A gulf, a whirlpool.
Doug.
Su. G. swalg, Teut. swelgh, a gulf; Isl. swelg-r, Dan. swaelg, vorago, gurges.
SUENYNG, s. Dreaming.
V. Sweuin.
SWERD, s. A sword.
V. Suerd.
SWERF, s. A swoon.
V. Swarf.
SWERTHBAK, s. The great black and
white gull.
V. Swartback.
Houlate.
Isl. swartbak-ur, the lesser guillemot.
SWESCH, s. A trumpet.
Stat. Gild.
A. S. sweg, pl. swegas, sound in general, any musical instrument; Moes. G. swiga-jon, to pipe.
SWEUIN, SWEVING, SWEVYNYNG,
SWENYNG, s. A dream, the
act of dreaming.
Douglas.
A. S. swef-en, Isl. sueffn, id. from swaef-a, dormire.
SWYCHT, adj. Perh. for wicht, powerful,
with s. prefixed.
Barbour.
SWICK, adj. Clear of any thing, Banffs.
Su. G. swig-a, loco cedere.
To SWICK, v. a.
1. To deceive, to illude,
Fife.
2. To blame, Ang.
A. S. swic-an, decipere; also, offendere.
Swick, Swyk, s.
1. Fraud, S. B.
Wyntown.
Su. G. swik, anc. swick, id.
2. Blameableness.
I had nae swick o't, I had no blameableness in it, S. B.
A. S. swica, swic, offensa.
3. A deceiver, Fife.
A. S. swice, deceptor.
Swicky, adj.
1. Deceitful, Ang.
2. Sportively, tricky, Ang.
V. Swik.
To SWIDDER, v. n. To hesitate, pron.
swither, S.
Ross.
A. S. swaether, which of the two; Su. G. swaefw-a, fluctuare.
To Swidder, v. a. To cause to be irresolute.
V. v. n.
Douglas.
Swidder, Swiddering, Swither, s. Doubt,
hesitation, S.
Ross.
SWIFF, s. Rotatory motion, or the humming sound produced by it, Loth.
Isl. swef-ast, Su. G. swaefw-a, circumagere.
To SWIG, v. n. To turn suddenly, S. A.
Swig, s. The act of turning suddenly, S. A.
Isl. sweig-a, to bend.
Gl. Complaynt.
To SWIK, v. a. To assuage pain or grief,
by fixing the attention upon some interesting
object.
Douglas.
A. S. swic-an, fallere.
SWYK, s. Fraud, deceit.
V. Swick.
To SWYKE, v. a. To cause to stumble.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
A. S. swic-an, facere ut offendat.
SWIKFUL, adj. Deceitful.
Wyntown.
Swikfully, adv. Deceitfully.
Wyntown.
A. S. swilk, talis; Moes. G. swaleik, id. from swa, so, and leik, like.
To SWILL, v. a. to swaddle; S. sweal.
V. Swayl.
Montgomerie.
SWINE-FISH, s. The wolf-fish, Orkn.
Barry.
SWINE'S ARNUTS, s. Tall oat grass, with tuberous roots, S.
SWINE'S MOSSCORTS, s. Clown's allheal, S.
Sw. swinknyl, from swin, swine, and knyl, a lump.
SWING, s. A stroke.
A. S. id.
Barbour.
SWYNGYT. L. fwyngyt, foined, pushed.
O. Fr. foine, a sword.
Barbour.
To SWINGLE lint, to separate flax from
the core, by beating it, S.
A. Scott.
Teut. swinghel-en het vlas, id.; A. S. swing-an, flagellare.
Swingle-wand, s. The instrument with which flax is swingled, S. B.
SWINGLE-TREE, s.
1. One of the
moveable pieces of wood put before a
plough or harrow, to which the traces
are fastened, S.
2. Used improperly for the poles of a
coach.
Journ. Lond.
Teut. swinghel-en, to move backwards and forwards.
To SWINK, SWYNK, v. n. To labour.
A. S. swinc-an, laborare.
Henrysone.
Swink, s. Labour.
Sir Tristrem.
SWIPPER, adj.
1. Nimble; S. B. swippert.
Douglas.
2. Sudden, S. B.
Ross.
3. Hasty, tart, S. B.
A. S. swip-an, Isl. swip-a, cito agere; Isl. swipr, subita apparentia.
Swipperlie, Swippertly, adv. Swiftly.
Douglas.
SWYRE, s. The neck, &c.
V. Sware.
To SWIRK, v. n. To spring with velocity.
Allied perh. to E. jerk, or Belg. schrikk-en, to start.
Dunbar.
To SWIRL, v. n.
1. To whirl like a vortex,
S.
2. Used improperly to denote the motion
of a ship in sailing.
P. Buch. Dial.
Su. G. swarfw-a, Isl. swirr-a, to be hurried round.
Swirl, s. The whirling motion of a fluid
body, S.
Douglas.
SWIRL, s. A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.
Swirlie, adj.
1. Full of twists, contorted;
applied to wood.
Burns.
2. Entangled; applied to grass that lies
in various positions, S.
SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, adv.
1.
Quickly; als swyth, as soon.
Douglas.
2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.
Shirrefs.
Isl. swey, apage; Su. G. swig-a, loco cedere.
Swithnes, s. Swiftness.
Bellenden.
To SWOICH, SWOUCH, v. n. To emit
a hollow whistling sound.
V. Souch, v.
SWONCHAND, part. pr. Vibrating.
Germ. swenck-en, motitare.
Houlate.
SWOON, s. Corn is in the swoon, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.
A. S. swinn-an, to decay.
SWORDICK, s. Spotted blenny; so denominated
from its form, Orkn.
Barry.
SWORDSLIPERS, s. pl. Swordcutlers.
Knox.
Teut. slyp-en, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. slip-a, id.
SWORL, s. A whirling motion.
V. Swirl.
Douglas.