An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 752
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 752
_Barbour._
4. Mean, vulgar.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _simple_, common, ordinary.
5. A term exciting pity.
_Chr. S. P._
~Sympylly~, _adv._ Meanly.
_Barbour._
SINACLE, _s._ A vestige, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. id. from Lat. _signacul-um_.
SYND, _s._ Appearance, aspect.
_Burel._
Su. G. _syn_, facies.
_To_ SYND, SIND, SEIN, _v. a._
1. To wash slightly, S. originally suggesting the idea of making the sign of the cross.
V. ~Sane~.
_Morison._
2. To dilute; as, _to synd down_ ones _meat_, S.
~Synd~, ~Syne~, _s._
1. A slight ablution, S.
_A. Scott._
2. Drink, as washing the throat, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ To sunder, S.
_To_ ~Sinder~, _v. n._ To part, to separate, S.
A. S. _syndr-ian_, separare.
~Sindry~, _adj._
1. Sundry, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sindrig_, id.
2. In a state of disjunction, S.
~Syndrely~, _adv._ Severally.
_Wyntown._
~Syndrynes~, _s._ A state of separation or dispersion.
_Wyntown._
SINDILL, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNE, _adv._
1. Afterwards, S.
_Barbour._
2. Late, as opposed to _soon_.
_Baillie._
A. S. _saene_, tardus; Teut. _sind_, post.
~Syne~, _conj._ Seeing, S.
_Wyntown._