An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 738
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 738
_To_ SERF, _v. a._
V. ~Serve~.
_Douglas._
SERGE, SIERGE, _s._ A taper, a torch.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _cierge_, a large wax-candle, a flambeau.
SERGEAND, _s._
1. A squire; O. Fr. id.
_Wyntown._
2. An inferior officer in a court of justice.
_Skene._
SERYT, L. _cryt_, cried.
_Wallace._
SERMONE, SERMOND, _s._ Discourse.
O. Fr. id.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
SERPLATHE, _s._ Eighty stones of wool.
Fr. _sarpilliere_, E. _sarp-cloth_.
_Skene._
_To_ SERS, SEIRS, _v. a._ To search.
_Douglas._
_To_ SERVE, SERF, SERWE, _v. a._ To deserve.
_Wallace._
SERUIABLE, _adj._ Active.
_Douglas._
SERVITE, SERVYTE, _s._ A table napkin, S.
_Spalding._
Fr. _serviette_, Teut. _servett_, id.
SESSION, SESSIOWN, _s._ The consistory, or parochial _eldership_ in Scotland, S.
_Knox._
~Sessioner~, _s._ A member of the _session_ or consistory.
_Wodrow._
_To_ SET, _v. a._ To lease, S.
_Wyntown._
~Set~, _s._ A lease, S.
_Spotswood._
~Setter~, _s._ One who lets out any thing for hire, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ SET, _v. a._
1. To beset.
_Wyntown._
2. To lay snares.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _saett-a_, insidias struere.