An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 728

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 728

6. A long list or catalogue, S.


_Beattie._


7. A hard bout at drinking, S.


8. Regarding immorality in general.


_Burns._


_To_ ~Screed aff~, _v. a._ To do any thing quickly, S.


_Ferguson._


SCREG, _s._ A cant term for a shoe, S.


_To_ SCREIGH, SKREIGH, _v. n._ To shriek, S.


_Ramsay._


Su. G. _skrik-a_, vociferari.


~Screik~, ~Scryke~, _s._ Shriek, S. B.


_Douglas._


SCRENOCH, _s._


V. ~Scroinoch~.


SCRY, _s._ Noise.


V. ~Skry~.


SCRIBAT, _pret. v._ Jeered.


V. ~Scorp~.


_Dunbar._


_To_ SCRIBBLE, SCRABBLE, _v. a._ To tease wool, S.


_Stat. Acc._


Teut. _schrabb-en_, to scrub.


SCRIDDAN, _s._ A mountain torrent.


_Ross._


Isl. _skridn-a_, labascere.


_Stat. Acc._


_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. a._ To scratch, sc.r.a.pe, Ang.


Flandr. _schraeff-en_, radere.


~Scrieve~, _s._ A large scratch, Ang.


_To_ SCRIEVE, SKRIEVE, _v. n._ To move swiftly along.


_Burns._


Isl. _skref-a_, gradi; _skref_, gressus, pa.s.sus.


SCRIEVE, _s._ Any thing written, S.


Teut. _schrijv-en_, to write.


_To_ SCRIEVE, _v. n._ To talk familiarly in continuation, S.


~Scrieve~, _s._ A conversation of this kind, S.


Su. G. _skraefw-a_, to rant, to rattle.


_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To magnify in narration, to fib, S.


Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, _scraef_, nugae.


~Scrift~, _s._ A fabrication, S.


_To_ ~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _v. n._ To rehea.r.s.e from memory, Ang.


Isl. _skrift_, scriptura, q. to rehea.r.s.e from writing.


~Scrift~, ~Skrift~, _s._ A recitation, properly from memory, S.


_A. Nicol._