An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 731

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 731


Sc.u.m, _s._ A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.


Sc.u.mFIT, _part. pa._ Discomfited.


Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, id.


_Wallace._


SCUNCHEON, _s._ A stone forming a projecting angle, S.


Germ. _schantse_, E. _sconce_, q. a bulwark.


_To_ SCUNNER, SCOUNER, _v. n._


1. To lothe, S.


_Cleland._


2. To surfeit, S. B.


3. To shudder at any thing.


_Pitscottie._


4. To hesitate from scrupulosity of mind.


_Wodrow._


5. To shrink back from fear.


_Barbour._


A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, aufugere, timere.


~Scunner~, ~Skunner~, ~Skonner~, _s._


1. Lothing, S.


_Ross._


A. S. _scunnung_, abomination.


2. A surfeit, S. B.


SCURDY, _s._ A moorstone, S.


_Stat. Acc._


Isl. _skord-a_, colloco firmiter.


SCURL, SKURL, _s._ A dry scab, S., from _scurf_.


SCURLY, _adj._ Opprobrious, Loth.


Fr. _scurrile_.


SCURROUR, SKOURIOUR, SKURRIOUR, s.


1. A scout.


_Wallace._


Fr. _escur-er_, to scour.


2. An idle vagrant.


_Ruddiman._


SCUSHIE, _s._ A cant term for money, Aberd.


_Shirrefs._


SCUSIS, _pl._ Excuses.


_Burel._


Ital. _scusa_, an excuse.


SCUTARDE, _s._ One who has lost the power of retention.


V. ~Scout~.


_Dunbar._


_To_ SCUTCH, _v. a._


1. To beat.







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