An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 800
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 800
SOWME, _s._ A load carried by a horse.
_Wallace._
Teut. _somme_, A. S. _seom_, onus.
~Sowmir~, _s._ A sumpter-horse.
_Wallace._
Fr. _sommier_, id.
SOWME, SOYME, _s._
1. The rope or chain that pa.s.ses between the horses, by which the plough is drawn, S. _soam_.
_Douglas._
2. The rope by which hay is fastened on a cart.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _soem_, that which conjoins two bodies.
_To_ SOWP, _v. a._
1. To drench, S.
_Doug._
2. Metaph. in reference to grief.
_Houlate._
3. Applied to one who is much emaciated, S.
Teut. _sopp-en_, intingere; Fr. _soupi_, dull.
_To_ SOWTH, _v. n._ To whistle in a low tone, S. O.
V. ~Souch~.
_Burns._
SPAAD, _s._ A spade, Aberd.
Dan. _spaad_.
_To_ s.p.a.cE, _v. a._
1. To measure by paces, S.
2. To take long steps with a solemn air.
_Knox._
Belg. _pa.s.s-en_, to measure; with _s_ prefixed.
~s.p.a.ce~, _s._ A pace, S. B.
_Law Case._
_To_ s.p.a.cIER, _v. n._ To walk, S.
Belg. _s.p.a.cier-en_, id.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ SPAE, SPAY, _v. n._
1. To foretel, S.
_Shirrefs._
2. To foretoken.
_Douglas._
3. To bode, to forebode.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _spa_, Dan. _spaa-er_, to foretel.
~Spae-book~, _s._ A book of necromancy.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Spae-craft~, _s._ The act of foretelling. S.
_Ramsay._