An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 780

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 780

Su. G. _slask_, humor quicunque sordidus.


s.l.u.tE, _adj._ Slovenly.


_Dunbar._


Teut. _slodde_, sordida et inculta mulier.


~s.l.u.ttrie~, _adj._ Slovenly, Loth.


SMA, _adj._ Small, S.


Alem. _sma_, Su. G. _smaa_, tenuis.


SMACHRY, _s._ Trash; a hodge-podge, S. B.


_Journ. Lond._


Isl. _smaelke_, quisquiliae.


_To_ SMAD, _v. a._ To stain, to discolour.


_Houlate._


Su. G. _smet-a_, Belg. _smett-en_, to soil.


~Smad~, _s._ A stain of any kind, S. B.


Belg. _smette_, id.; Teut. _smadde_, convitium.


SMAICHER, _s._ (gutt.) A fondling term for a child, S. B.


Su. G. _smekr-a_, blandiri.


_To_ SMAICHER, _v. n._ To eat clandestinely, especially what is agreeable to the palate, Ang.


Alem. _smechare_, delicatus; _smak-a_, gustare.


SMAIK, _s._ A mean fellow, S.


_Chr. Kirk._


Isl. _smeik-r_, pusillanimis.


~Smaik~, _adj._ Small, puny.


_Dunbar._


~Smaikrie~, _s._


1. Pusillanimity.


_P. 16th Cent._


2. Roguery.


_Leg. St Androis._


SMAIR-DOKEN, _s._ Common dock, S. B.


Teut. _smaer_, Isl. _smyr_, unguentum.


_To_ SMAIRIE, _v. a._ To besmear, S. B.


Teut. _smeer-en_, linere, unguere.


SMALE FOLK, those of the lower cla.s.s.


_Wyntown._


SMALIE, _adj._ Little, puny, S. B.


Isl. _smalig_, Germ. _smalik_, id.


_To_ SMASH, _v. a._


1. To shiver, S.


2. To hew down, in battle, S.


_Burns._


3. To beat severely, S.


Germ. _schmeiss-en_, to beat.


~Smash~, _s._