An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 797
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 797
_Wallace._
2. Safe conduct.
_Wallace._
SOVERANIS, _s._ L. _severanis_, difference; O. Fr. _sevr-er_, to separate.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SOUF, SOUFF, _v. n._
1. To sleep in a disturbed manner, S. B.
Su. G. _sofw-a_, A. S. _swef-an_, id.
2. To breathe high in sleep, S. B.
Teut. _soeff-en_, spirare; A. S. _seof-ian_, to moan.
3. To whistle in a low tone, S. A.
_Ferguson._
4. To con over a tune on an instrument.
_Ramsay._
~Souf~, ~Souff~, _s._
1. A disturbed sleep, S. B.
2. High breathing in sleep, S. B.
3. Low whistle, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
4. Strain, humour, S.
_To_ SOUFF, _v. n._ To strike, S. B.
Isl. _sweip-a_, percutere.
SOUKS, SOUKIES, _s. pl._ The flower of red clover, S., from being _sucked_ by children.
SOULDER CRAB, the cancer bernardus.
_Sibbald._
SOULE, _s._ A swivel.
V. ~Sule~.
_Lyndsay._
SOUM, SOWME, _s._ The relative proportion of cattle or sheep to pasture, or _vice versa_, S.
1. _A soum of sheep_, five sheep, in some places ten, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. _A soum of gra.s.s_, as much as will pasture one cow, or five sheep, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Sw. _sum_ is equivalent to _tal_, number.
_To_ ~Soum~ _land_, to calculate and fix what number of cattle or sheep it can support, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ ~Soum~ and ~Roum~, to pasture in summer, and fodder in winter, S.
V. ~Rowme~, v.
_Stat. Acc._
SOUMS, _s. pl._ The _sounds_ of the cod dried for food, Shetl.
Dan. _swomm-e_, to swim.
SOUNDS (of a fish), _s. pl._ The swimming bladder, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _sund_, natatio.
_To_ SOUP, SOOP, _v. a._ To sweep, S.