Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 67

SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.

SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be removed from the field.

SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.

SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.

_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.

SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.

SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.

SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.

SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times, whereby the family received and answered inquiries from strangers.

_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.

_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.

_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.

SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.

SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.

SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.

SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.

SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.

SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical instrnment.

s.p.u.n.k, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.

s.p.u.n.kIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.

s.p.u.n.kIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.

_To_ s.p.u.n.k-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or brought to light.

STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.

STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.

STAMMACK, _s._ the stomach.

_To_ STAMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.

STAMREL, _adj._ half-witted.

STANE, _s._ a stone.

_To_ STANG, _v. a._ to sting.

STANG, _s._ a long pole.

STANK, _s._ a ditch with a slow running stream or stagnant water.

_To_ STAP, _v. a._ to stop; to cram; to fill.

_To_ STAW, _v. n._ to surfeit.

STAY, STEY, _adj._ step.

STEAD, STEADING, _s._ a farm house.

_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ to shut.

_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._ to meddle with.

STEEVE, _adj._ firm, relating to a bargain made; sometimes used for obstinate.

_To_ STEIK, _v. a._ to st.i.tch.

STELL-NET, _s._ a net stretching a considerable way into a river, and sometimes across it.

_To_ STEND, _v. n._ to spring; rise to an elevation.

_To_ STERE, STEIR, _v. a._ to stir.

STERE, STEIR, _s._ commotion.

STEY, _adj._ steep.

_To_ STICK, _v. a._ to bungle.

_To_ STILT, _v. n._ to go on crutches.

_To_ STINT, _v. n._ to limit; to act shabbily.

STIRK, _s._ a bullock or heifer between the age of one and two years; a stupid rude fellow.

STOB, _s._ a p.r.i.c.kle.

STOCK AN' HORN, _S_. a musical instrument composed of a _stock_, which is the thigh-bone of a sheep, and the _horn_, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and a reed.