SEND,adv.Then, thereafter.Priests Peblis.
Teut.sind; Su. G.sendan, deinde, the same withSyne, 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.
ToSENSE,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.
ToSERF,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.
ToSERS, SEIRS,v. a.To search.Douglas.
ToSERVE, 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 parochialeldershipin Scotland, S.Knox.
Sessioner,s.A member of thesessionor consistory.Wodrow.
ToSET,v. a.To lease, S.Wyntown.
Set,s.A lease, S.Spotswood.
Setter,s.One who lets out any thing for hire, S.Baillie.
ToSET,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.
ToSET,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.
ToSETafter ane,v. a.To pursue one, S.
Su. G.saetta after en, id.
ToSETaff,v. n.To go away, S.
SET, SETT,conj.Though.Wallace.
Perh. the imperat. of thev.
* 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.
ToSeuch,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.
ToSHACH,v. a.To distort; pret.shacht, S.
Isl.skag-a, deflectere,skack-ur, obliquus.
Shach-endof a web, the fag-end, S. B.
ToShachle,v. a.To distort from the proper shape or direction, S.Burns.Shachlin, unsteady, infirm, S.
Shachle,s.Any thing worn out, S. B.
ToShachle,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.
ToSHAKa 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.
ToSHAM,v. a.To strike, Loth.
ToSHAMBLE,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.
ToShangie,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 thebyre.
SHANGIE,adj.Thin, meagre, S.
Gael.seang, small, slender.
SHANKof a hill, the projecting point of a hill, S.
SHANKof 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.; alsoshinicle.
Gael.samhnag,samh'-in, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.
ToSHAPEaway,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.; alsoshargan.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.
SHAVE, SHEEVE,s.A slice, S.
Belg.schyf, a round slice.
Ramsay.
ToSHAVE,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.
ToSheal,Shiel,v. a.To put sheep under cover, S.Ross.
ToSHEAL,v. a.To take the husks off seeds, S.Statist. Acc.
Belg.scheel-en, A. S.sceal-ian, to shell.
ToSHEAR, 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.
ToSheed,v. a.To cut into slices, S. B.
SHEENof the ee, the pupil of the eye, S. B.
SHEEVE,s.A slice.V.Shave.
SHEIMACH,s.A kind of bass made of straw orsprot-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. fromShetland, Dan.Hialtland.
SHEPHROA,s.A piece of female dress.Watson.
SHEUCH,s.A furrow, S.V.Seuch.
ToSheuch,Shugh,v. a.To lay plants in the earth, before they are planted out, S.
ToSHEVEL,v. a.To distort, S.Shevelling-gabbit, q. having a distorted mouth.V.Showl.Ramsay.
ToShevel,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, oftenshilpit-like, S.Gl. Sibb.3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.
Teut.schelp, putamen.
SHILVINS,s. pl.Rails that fixed therungswhich formed the body of a cart, Ang.
Su. G.skelwing, paries intergerinus.
ToSHIMMER,v. n.To shine.V.Skimmerin.Ritson.
SHINICLE,s.V.Shannach.
SHINTY,s.1. An inferior species ofgolf, 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 ordivot, 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 withshaws.
ToSHOOT,v. n.To push off from the shore in a boat, or to continue the course in casting a net, S. B.Law Case.
ToSHOP,v. n.To rap.V.Chap.R. Bruce.
SHORE,s.The prop used in constructingflakesfor inclosing cattle, S. A.Battle Flodden.
Teut.schoore, fulcimen, Isl.skur, suggrundia.
ToSHORE,v. a.To count, to reckon, S.
Su. G.skor-a, to mark.
Shore,s.Debt.Godly Sangs.
ToSHORE,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 businessde 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. fromshootingshuttles 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.
ToSHOWD,v. n.To waddle.V.Schowd.
SHOWERS,s. pl.Throes, S.Rutherford.
ToSHOWL,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.
ToSHUE,v. a.To scare fowls, S.
Germ.scheuch-en, id.
SHUE,s.The amusement in E. calledTettertotter, S.
ToShue,v. n.To play at see-saw, S.
Shuggie-shue,s.A swing, S. fromshogandshue.
SHUIL,s.A shovel.V.Schuil.
SHUNNERS,s. pl.Cinders, Aberd.
ToSHUTEa-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.
ToSicht,Sight,v. a.To inspect, S.Baillie.
Sichtof the ee, the pupil, S.
Sight,s.A station whence fishers observe the motion of salmon in a river, S.Law Case.
ToSight,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.
ToSIKE,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. underSic.
SIL, SILL,s.A billet.Douglas.
A. S.syl, a post.
SILDER,s.Silver, Ang.A. Nicol.
ToSILE, 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.
ToSYLE,v. a.1. To circumvent.Dunbar.2. To betray.Maitland P.
A. S.syl-an, to betray.
ToSILE, 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.
ToSYLL,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.
ToSILVERIZE,v. a.To cover withsilver-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.
ToSYND, 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 downone'smeat, S.
Synd,Syne,s.1. A slight ablution, S.A. Scott.2. Drink, as washing the throat, S.Ferguson.
ToSINDER,v. a.To sunder, S.
ToSinder,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 tosoon.Baillie.
A. S.saene, tardus; Teut.sind, post.
Syne,conj.Seeing, S.Wyntown.
ToSING,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.; alsosindle.Gl. Sibb.Dunbar.
Su. G.sin, singularis, anddel, 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.
ToSIPE, 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.
ToSYPYRE, 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.
ToSIRPLE,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.
ToSIST,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.
ToSIST,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.
ToSIT,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.
ToSITan offer, not to accept of it, S.Guthrie.
ToSITto,v. n.Applied to food dressed in a vessel, when, from not being stirred, it is allowed to burn, S.
ToSIT, 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.
ToSITHE, 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. alsosyre; 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.
ToSKAFF, 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.
ToSKAIK,v. a.1. To separate in an awkward or dirty manner, S. B.2. To bedaub, S. B.
Isl.skecke, dispar facio.
ToSKAIL, 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.
ToSkail,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.
ToSKAIR,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.
ToSKANCE.V.Scance.
SKANT, SCANTH,s.Scarcity.Doug.
Dan.skan-a, parcere; or Isl.skam-r, brevis.
SKAP,s.Head,scalp.Evergreen.
ToSKAR, 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.