An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 793
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 793
SOLESHOE, _s._ A piece of iron on that part of a plough on which the share is fixed, Fife.
Su. G. _sko_, denotes whatever strengthens the extremity of any thing.
SOLYEING, _s._ The act of solving.
O. Fr. _sol-er_, soivere.
_Priests Peblis._
SOLIST, _adj._ Careful, anxious; Lat. _solicit-us_.
_Compl. S._
_To_ SOLIST, _v. a._ To solicit.
_Douglas._
~Solistare~, _s._ A solicitor.
_Acts Ja. V._
SON, _s_. The sun.
Belg. _son_, id.
_Douglas._
SONCE, _s._ Prosperity.
V. ~Sons~.
_To_ SONYIE, SUNYIE, _v. n._
1. To care, to regard.
_Bannatyne P._
2. To be anxious, as implying a fearful apprehension of the future.
_Wallace._
3. To be diligent.
_Lyndsay._
4. Denoting hesitation, in consequence of anxious thought.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Fr. _soign-er_, to care, to be diligent.
~Sonyhe~, ~Sunye~, _s._
1. Care.
_Wallace._
2. Anxiety.
_Priests Peblis._
3. Pains, industry.
_Montgomerie._
Fr. _soing_, care, diligence.
_To_ SONK, _v. n._ To drivel, to loiter.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _siunk-a_, to sink; _sink-a_, tardare.
SONK, _s._
1. Such a seat as may be used as a couch.
_Douglas._
A. S. _song_, Su. G. _saeng_, a couch.
2. A gra.s.sy seat, S.
_Douglas._
3. A wreath of straw, used as a cushion, or a load saddle.
_G.o.dscroft._
SONOUNDAY, _s._ Sunday.