An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 799

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 799

_To_ SOUTT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.


Teut. _sucht-en_, suspirare, gemere.


SOW, _s._ A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those who were employed to undermine walls.


_Barbour._


Isl. _graf-suin_, q. the _digging sow_, as meant to cover those who dug under the wall.


SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S.


p.r.o.n. _soo_.


_L. Hailes._


Teut. _soeuw_, gleba qua agger conficitur.


_To_ ~Sow~, ~Soo~, _v. a._ To stack, S.


SOW, _s._


1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.


Teut. _souwe_, a common sh.o.r.e.


2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.


_To_ SOW, _v. a._ To pierce, to gall.


_Barbour._


_To_ ~Sow~, _v. n._ To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.


_Wyntown._


Sw. _swid-a_, Dan. _swi-e_, to smart.


~Sowing~, _s._ The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. _sooin_; tingling pain.


_Barbour._


SOW-BACK, _s._ A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.


SOWCE, _s._ Flummery; such as _brose_, _sowens_, or oat-meal pottage.


_Gl. Sibb._


SOW-DAY, _s._ The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.


_Statist. Acc._


SOWE, _s._ A winding-sheet.


_Second Sight._


Gael. _soadh_, a bed.


SOWEN, _s._ The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working, S.


A. S. _seawe_, Belg. _sogh_, paste.


~Sowens~, _s. pl._ Flummery, S.


_Stat. Acc._


~Sowens-porridge~, _s._ Pottage, made of cold _sowens_, by mixing meal with them while on the fire, Ang.


SOWERIT, _part. pa._ a.s.sured.


_Wallace._


SOWLIS, _s. pl._ Swivels.


_Lyndsay._


SOWLPIT, drenched.


V. ~Sowp~.


_To_ SOWME, _v. n._ To swim, S.


_Philotus._


SOWME, _s._ Number.


_Wyntown._