An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 796
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 796
1. To emit a rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Douglas._
2. To breathe long as in sleep, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Sough~, _v. a._ To con over a tune, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
A. S. _swog-an_, sonare, tinnire; part. pr. _swogend_, S.
_souchand_.
~Souch~, ~Sowch~, ~Sugh~, ~Swouch~, _s._
1. A rushing or whistling sound, S.
_Burns._
2. The sound emitted during profound sleep.
_Douglas._
3. A deep sigh, S. O.
_Burns._
4. Equivalent to E. _cant_, S.
_Meston._
A. S. _sweg_, _swege_, sonus, clangor.
SOUCH, _adj._ Silent, quiet, S. _To keep souch_, to be silent.
A. S. _swig-an_, _swug-an_, id.
~Souch~, _s._ Silence, S.
A. S. _swig_, id.
SOUCH, _pret. v._ Deserted.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swic-an_, to deliver up; or Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.
SOUCHT, _pret._ a.s.sailed by arms.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soek-a_, violenter invadere.
SOUCYE, _s._ The heliotrope, S.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _souci_, _soulsie_, a marigold, a heliotrope, q. _sol sequens_.
SOUD, _s._ A quant.i.ty, S. B.
V. ~Sold~.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUDIE, _s._ A gross heavy person, S.
Isl. _sodi_, h.o.m.o sordidus.
SOUDLAND, _s._ One who comes from the south country, S. B.
SOUDLY, _adj._ Soiled.
V. ~Suddle~.
_Wall._
SOUDOUN LAND, the land of the Soldan or Sultan.
_Bannatyne P._
SOVER, SOVIR, _adj._ Secure; Fr. _seur_.
_Bannatyne P._
~Souerance~, _s._
1. a.s.surance.