The glossary of Scottish words continues with S.
| S Sab= to sob. Sae= so. Saft= soft. Sair= sore, hard, severe, strong. Sair= to serve. Sair, sairly= sorely. Sairie= sorrowful, sorry. Sall= shall. Sandy, Sannack= dim. of Alexander. Sark= a shirt. Saugh= the willow. Saul= soul. Saumont, sawmont= the salmon. Saunt= saint. Saut= salt. Saut-backets= v. backets. Saw= to sow. Sawney= v. sandy. Sax= six. Scar= to scare. Scar= v. scaur. Scathe, scaith= damage; v. skaith. Scaud= to scald. Scaul= scold. Scauld= to scold. Scaur= afraid; apt to be scared. Scaur= a jutting rock or bank of earth. Scho= she. Scone= a soft flour cake. Sconner= disgust. Sconner= sicken. Scraichin= calling hoarsely. Screed= a rip, a rent. Screed= to repeat rapidly= to rattle. Scriechin= screeching. Scriegh, skriegh= v. skriegh. Scrievin= careering. Scrimpit= scanty. Scroggie, scroggy= scrubby. Sculdudd'ry= bawdry. See'd= saw. Seisins= freehold possessions. Sel, sel'= sell, self. Sell'd, sell't= sold. Semple= simple. Sen'= send. Set= to set off; to start. Set= sat. Sets= becomes. Shachl'd= shapeless. Shaird= shred, shard. Shanagan= a cleft stick. Shanna= shall not. Shaul= shallow. Shaver= a funny fellow. Shavie= trick. Shaw= a wood. Shaw= to show. Shearer= a reaper. Sheep-shank= a sheep's trotter; nae sheep-shank bane, a person of no small importance. Sheerly= wholly. Sheers= scissors. Sherra-moor= sheriffmuir. Sheugh= a ditch, a furrow; gutter. Sheuk= shook. Shiel= a shed, cottage. Shill= shrill. Shog= a shake. Shool= a shovel. Shoon= shoes. Shore= to offer, to threaten. Short syne= a little while ago. Shouldna= should not. Shouther, showther= shoulder. Shure= shore (did shear). Sic= such. Siccan= such a. Sicker= steady, certain; sicker score, strict conditions. Sidelins= sideways. Siller= silver; money in general. Simmer= summer. Sin= son. Sin'= since. Sindry= sundry. Singet= singed, shriveled. Sinn= the sun. Sinny= sunny. Skaith= damage. Skeigh, skiegh= skittish. Skellum= a good-for-nothing. Skelp= a slap, a smack. Skelp= to spank; skelpin at it, driving at it. Skelpie-limmer's-face= a technical term in female scolding (R. B.). Skelvy= shelvy. Skiegh= v. skeigh. Skinking= watery. Skinklin= glittering. Skirl= to cry or sound shrilly. Sklent= a slant, a turn. Sklent= to slant, to squint, to cheat. Skouth= scope. Skriech= a scream. Skriegh= to scream, to whinny. Skyrin= flaring. Skyte= squirt, lash. Slade= slid. Slae= the sloe. Slap= a breach in a fence; a gate. Slaw= slow. Slee= sly, ingenious. Sleekit= sleek, crafty. Slidd'ry= slippery. Sloken= to slake. Slypet= slipped. Sma'= small. Smeddum= a powder. Smeek= smoke. Smiddy= smithy. Smoor'd= smothered. Smoutie= smutty. Smytrie= a small collection; a litter. Snakin= sneering. Snap= smart. Snapper= to stumble. Snash= abuse. Snaw= snow. Snaw-broo= snow-brew (melted snow). Sned= to lop, to prune. Sneeshin mill= a snuff-box. Snell= bitter, biting. Snick= a latch; snick-drawing , scheming; he weel a snick can draw, he is good at cheating. Snirtle= to snigger. | Snoods= fillets worn by maids. Snool= to cringe to snub. Snoove= to go slowly. Snowkit= snuffed. Sodger, soger= a soldier. Sonsie, sonsy= pleasant, good-natured, jolly. Soom= to swim. Soor= sour. Sough= v. sugh. Souk= suck. Soupe, sup= liquid. Souple= supple. Souter= cobbler. Sowens= porridge of oat flour. Sowps= sups. Sowth= to hum or whistle in a low tune. Sowther= to solder. Spae= to foretell. Spails= chips. Spairge= to splash; to spatter. Spak= spoke. Spates= floods. Spavie= the spavin. Spavit= spavined. Spean= to wean. Speat= a flood. Speel= to climb. Speer, spier= to ask. Speet= to spit. Spence= the parlor. Spier. v. speer. Spleuchan= pouch. Splore= a frolic; a carousal. Sprachl'd= clambered. Sprattle= scramble. Spreckled= speckled. Spring= a quick tune; a dance. Sprittie= full of roots or sprouts (a kind of rush). Sprush= spruce. Spunk= a match; a spark; fire, spirit. Spunkie= full of spirit. Spunkie= liquor, spirits. Spunkies= jack-o'-lanterns, will-o'-wisps. Spurtle-blade= the pot-stick. Squatter= to flap. Squattle= to squat; to settle. Stacher= to totter. Staggie= dim. of staig. Staig= a young horse. Stan'= stand. Stane= stone. Stan't= stood. Stang= sting. Stank= a moat; a pond. Stap= to stop. Stapple= a stopper. Stark= strong. Starnies= star. Starns= stars. Startle= to course. Staumrel= half-witted. Staw= a stall. Staw= to surfeit; to sicken. Staw= stole. Stechin= cramming. Steek= a stitch. Steek= to shut; to close. Steek= to shut; to touch, meddle with. Steeve= compact. Stell= a still. Sten= a leap; a spring. Sten't= sprang. Stented= erected; set on high. Stents= assessments, dues. Steyest= steepest. Stibble= stubble. Stibble-rig= chief reaper. Stick-an-stowe= completely. Stilt= limp (with the aid of stilts). Stimpart= a quarter peck. Stirk= a young bullock. Stock= a plant of cabbage; colewort. Stoited= stumbled. Stoiter'd= staggered. Stoor= harsh= stern. Stoun'= pang, throb. Stoure= dust. Stourie= dusty. Stown= stolen. Stownlins= by stealth. Stoyte= to stagger. Strae death= death in bed. (i. e. on straw). Staik= to stroke. Strak= struck. Strang= strong. Straught= straight. Straught= to stretch. Streekit= stretched. Striddle= to straddle. Stron't= lanted. Strunt= liquor. Strunt= to swagger. Studdie= an anvil. Stumpie= dim. of stump; a worn quill. Sturt= worry, trouble. Sturt= to fret; to vex. Sturtin= frighted= staggered. Styme= the faintest trace. Sucker= sugar. Sud= should. Sugh, sough= sigh, moan, wail, swish. Sumph= churl. Sune= soon. Suthron= southern. Swaird= sward. Swall'd= swelled. Swank= limber. Swankies= strapping fellows. Swap= exchange. Swapped, swopped= exchanged. Swarf= to swoon. Swat= sweated. Swatch= sample. Swats= new ale. Sweer= v. dead-sweer. Swirl= curl. Swirlie= twisted, knaggy. Swith= haste; off and away. Swither= doubt, hesitation. Swoom= swim. Swoor= swore. Sybow= a young union. Syne= since= then. |
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Glossary of Scottish Words D-E
Glossary of Scottish Words F
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Glossary of Scottish Words H
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Glossary of Scottish Words, M-P
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Glossary of Scottish Words, T
Glossary of Scottish Words, U-Y
