Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 63

RUSKIE, _s._ a basket made of twigs.

--S--

SAB, _v. n._ to sob.

SAD, _adj._ grave; heavy.

SAE, _adv._ so.

SAELIKE, SALIKE, _adj._ of the same kind, similar.

SAFT, _adj._ soft.

SAFTLY, _adv._ lightly; softly.

SAILYE, _s._ a.s.sault.

SAIP, _s._ soap.

SAIR, _adj._ sore; a sore; a wound.

_To_ SAIR, _v. a._ to satisfy; to serve.

SAIRHEAD, _s._ a headache.

SAIRING, _s._ as much as satisfies one.

SAIRLY, _adv._ sorely.

SAL, _v. defective_, shall.

SAND-BLIND, _adj._ being very short-sighted, as is often the case with people with very fair hair.

SANDY, _s._ Alexander.

SANG, _s._ a song; also the past of sing.

SAP, _s._ liquid of any kind taken to solids.

SAPS, _s._ bread soaked or boiled in ale, or wine and water.

SARK, _s._ a s.h.i.+rt, frequently applied to the s.h.i.+ft of a female.

SAUCH, SAUGH, _s._ the willow tree.

_To_ SAUCH, SOAGH, _v. n._ to emit a rustling or whistling sound, like the wind in a narrow pa.s.s.

SAUL, SAWL, _s._ soul.

SAULLESS, _adj._ dest.i.tute of soul.

SAULLIE, SAULIE, _s._ a hired mourner, such as go in front of a hea.r.s.e.

SAUT, _s._ salt.

SAUT-FOOT, _s._ a salt-cellar.

_To_ SAW, _v. a._ to sow.

SCAIL, _s._ a kind of tub.

SCANT, _s._ scarce.

SCANTY, _s._ scarcity.

SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ small pieces of wood tying the rafters together.

SCAMP, _s._ a cheat.

SCAPE, _s._ a bee-hive.

SCAR, SCAIR, SCAUR, _s._ a bare place on the side of a hill from which the soil has been washed off.

_To_ SCART, _v. a._ to scratch.

SCART, _s._ a scratch.

SCHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.

SCHANK, _s._ the leg.

SCHAVE, SHEAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ a slice of anything, such as bread, etc.

SCHAW, _s._ a grove or thicket; a shadowy place.

SCHEL, _s._ a shed for sheep.

_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ to divide.

SCHILL, _adj._ shrill.

SCHOAG, SHOG, _v. a._ to move backwards and forwards.

SCHOGGLE, _v. a._ to shake.

SCHONE, SHOONE, _s. pl._ shoes.

SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ a shovel.