An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 726

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 726


SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._


1. Abundance of room, S.


2. Liberty of conduct, S.


V. ~Scoup~, _v._


_Ferguson._


_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.


_Burel._


Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.


~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.


_Cleland._


~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._


1. A dancer.


_Knox._


2. A light unsettled person.


_Polwart._


SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.


_Ess. Highl. Soc._


_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.


A metaph. use of the E. _v._


_J. Nicol._


_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.


_Stat. Acc._


_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._


1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.


_J. Nicol._


2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.


_Ibid._


Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.


SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._


1. Liberty to range, S.


_Dalrymple._


2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.


_Ross._


3. Room.


_Poems Buch. Dial._


4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.


Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_, frequenter cursitare.


SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.


Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.


SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.


V. ~Skaitbird~.


_Neill._


_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. p.r.o.n. _scowther_.


_Dunbar._


Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.







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