An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 721
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 721
SCHOR, SCh.o.r.e, SCHOIR, _adj._
1. Steep, abrupt.
_Barbour._
Isl. _skoer_, Germ. _schor-en_, eminere.
2. Rough, rugged.
_Wallace._
_To_ SCHOR, _v. a._ To soar.
_Douglas._
Fr. _essor-er_, Ital. _sor-are_, in altum volare.
_To_ SCHOR, SCh.o.r.e, SCHOIR, _v. n._ To threaten, S.
_Douglas._
~Schor~, ~Sch.o.r.e~, ~Schoir~, _s._ A threatening, Loth.
V. ~Schor~, _adj._
_Barbour._
SCh.o.r.e, _s._ Shower.
_Douglas._
SCh.o.r.e CHIFTANE, High chieftain.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _schor_, altus, eminens.
_To_ SCHORT, _v. n._ To grow short.
Isl. _skort-a_, to be deficient.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Schort~, _v. a._
1. To curtail.
_Cleland._
2. To abbreviate, in regard to time.
_Douglas._
3. To amuse ones self, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Schorte~, _s._ A sneer; Teut. _scherts_, jocus.
_Douglas._
~Schortsum~, _adj._
1. Cheerful, S. B.
2. Causing cheerfulness, S. B.
_Rudd._
3. Applied to a pleasant situation.
_Buchan._
SCHOT, SCHOTE, SHOT, _s._ A projected window.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skirt-a_, prominere.
SCHOURE, _s._ A division in music.
Teut. _scheur_, _sh.o.r.e_, ruptura.
_Houlate._
SCHOURIS, SCHOWRIS, _s. pl._ Sorrows, throes.
_Philotus._
2. The pangs of childbirth, S.