An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 729
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 729
SCRIM, _s._ Very thin coa.r.s.e cloth, used for making blinds for windows, buckram, &c. S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SCRYM, _v. n._ To skirmish.
_Barbour._
Germ. _schirm-en_, _scrim-en_, pugilare.
~Scrymmage~, _s._ A skirmish.
_Wallace._
_To_ SCRIMP, SKRIMP, _v. a._
1. To straiten, as to food or money, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To straiten, in a general sense, S.
_Ross._
Germ. _schrump-en_, Su. G. _skrump-a_, corrugari.
~Scrimp~, _adj._
1. Scanty, narrow, S. _scrimpit_.
_Ross._
2. Contracted; applied to clothes, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Limited, not ample.
_Wodrow._
4. Deficient, as to mind.
_Ramsay._
~Scrimply~, _adv._ Sparingly, S.
_Walker._
SCRYNOCH, _s._
V. ~Scroinoch~.
SCRIP, _s._ A mock.
V. ~Scorp~.
_Wallace._
SCRIPTURE, _s._ A pencase.
Fr. _escriptoire_, id.
_Douglas._
SCROG, _s._ A stunted shrub, S.
_Lyndsay._
Germ. _schrag_, obliquus.
~Scroggy~, ~Skroggy~, _adj._
1. Stunted, S.
_Douglas._
2. Abounding with stunted bushes, S.
_Ramsay._
SCROINOCH, SCRYNOCH, _s._ Noise, tumult, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
Sw. _skraen_, clamor stridulus.
SCROOFE, SCRUFE, _s._
1. A thin crust of any kind, S.