An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 769

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 769

SKUL, SKULL, SKOLL, _s._


1. A goblet or large bowl, for containing liquor.


_Douglas._


2. The salutation of one who is present, or the respect paid to an absent person, by expressing a wish for his health, when one is about to drink.


_Cromarty._


Isl. _skal_, _skaal_, Su. G. _skol_, Dan. _skaal_, a cup, a bowl, a drinking vessel. Su. G. _dricka skala_, bibere pateram, quando bibitur alicujus honori et memoriae; Loccen. _Dricka ens skol_, id. Ihre.


SKUL, _s._ A scullion.


_G.o.dscroft._


Ir. _sguille_, id. Su. G. _skoel-ja_, eluere.


SKULE, _s._ An inflammatory disease affecting the palate of a horse, S.


Teut. _schuyl_, Su. G. _skalla_, id.


SKULE, SCULE, SKULL, _s._ A great collection of individuals, as of fishes, S.


_Burel._


A. S. _sceole_, coetus magnus, mult.i.tudo.


SKULES, _s. pl._ Stalls where cattle are fed, S. B.


Isl. _skiol_, Su. G. _skiul_, a covert.


SKULL, _s._ A shallow basket of a semicircular form, S.


_Dunbar._


Isl. _skiola_, vas quo arida vel liquida metiri consueverunt.


_To_ SKULT, _v. a._ To beat.


V. ~Scult~.


SKUR, _s._


1. A small horn, not fixed to the scull of an animal, but hanging by the skin, Ang.


2. The rough projecting part of a stone, Ang.


Su. G. _skoer-a_, rumpere.


SKUR, _s._ Perh. a scar, Mearns.


Isl. _skor_, incisura.


SKURYVAGE, _s._


1. A dissipated fellow, a lecher.


_Douglas._


2. A vagabond, Loth.


Lat. _scurra_ and _vag-or_.


SKURRIOUR, _s._ A scout.


V. ~Scurrour~.


SKUWES, _s. pl._ Groves.


_Sir Gawan._


A. S. _scua_, umbra.


_To_ SLA, _v. a._


1. To strike.


V. ~Slew~.


2. To slay, to kill.


_Wyntown._


Moes. G. _slahan_, Isl. _sla-a_, Belg. _sla_, to strike.


SLABBER, _s._ A slovenly fellow, Dumfr.