An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 791

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 791


_Ramsay._


_To_ SNURL, _v. n._ To contract like hard twisted yarn, S. O.


_Gl. Sibb._


Isl. _snurd-a_, id.


~Snurlie~, _adj._ Knotty, S. B.


SOAKIE, _adj._ Plump, in full habit, Loth.


SOAM, _s._


V. ~Sowme~.


SOB, _s._ A land-storm, S. B.


V. ~Summer-sob~.


SOBIR, SOBYR, SOBER, _adj._


1. Poor, mean, S.


Belg. _sobere_, id.


_Douglas._


2. Little, small, S.


_Rollocke._


3. Weak, feeble.


_Bannatyne P._


4. In a poor state of health, S.


5. Sometimes denoting a moderate state of health, S.


6. Applied to a person or thing that does not merit commendation, S.


_To_ ~Sober, Sobyr~, _v. a._ To compose, to keep under, S.


_Wallace._


SOC, SOCK, SOK, _s._ The right of a baron, to hold a court within his own domains, S.


A. S. _soc_, curia, jurisdictio.


~Soccoman~, ~Sockman~, _s._


1. One who holds lands by soccage.


_Reg. Maj._


2. A tenant subjected to certain restrictions, and bound to perform certain services, Aberd.


_Statist. Acc._


_To_ SOCHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To make much of ones self, to live delicately, particularly by the use of palatable draughts, S.


Gael. _socair_, ease, rest; _sogh_, delicacy.


SOCK, SOK, _s._ A ploughshare, S.


Fr. _soc_, id.


_Pal. Hon._


SODDIS, SODDS, _s. pl._ A sort of saddle used by the lower cla.s.ses, made of cloth stuffed, S.


_Maitland P._


A. S. _seod_, pl. _seodas_, a sack.


SODIOUR, _s._ A soldier.


_Barbour._


O. Fr. _sodoier_, id.


SODROUN, SUDROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._


1. Englishmen.


_Wallace._


2. The English language, as distinguished from the Scottish.







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