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Dictionary of the Scots Language

The Historical Language of the Scottish Lowlands

 

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S n. 1. Broth, soup. 2. Juice, sauce, Scotland. 3. Water; moisture of any kind, Scotland. See also: BREE, BRIE, S. B. BREW, BROO.
S. B adj. 1. Crazy, Scotland. 2. Giddy, harebrained, Scotland. See also: HALLOKIT, S. HALLACH'D.
S. B v. 1. To go. 2. To go out, Scotland. 3. To proceed in discourse. 4. To walk, opposed to riding, Scotland. 5. To pass from one state to another. 6. To proceed in any course of life. 7. To have currency, Scotland. 8. “To gang thegither”, to be married, Scotland. 9. “To gang to gait”, to go abroad. 10. “To gang to the gait”, to set out on a journey, Scotland. B. See also: GANG, S. ~GENG~.
S. B. BREW n. 1. Broth, soup. 2. Juice, sauce, Scotland. 3. Water; moisture of any kind, Scotland. See also: BREE, BRIE, BROO, S.
S. COUSER n. A stallion. See also: CURSOUR, CUSSER.
S. GOULMAW n. 1. The corvorant. 2. A glutton, Lanerks. See also: GORMAW.
S. HALLACH'D adj. 1. Crazy, Scotland. 2. Giddy, harebrained, Scotland. See also: HALLOKIT, S. B.
S. UNETHIS adv. Hardly, with difficulty. See also: UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST.
S. WHEEN n. A small quantity. See also: QUHENE.
S. ~GENG~ v. 1. To go. 2. To go out, Scotland. 3. To proceed in discourse. 4. To walk, opposed to riding, Scotland. 5. To pass from one state to another. 6. To proceed in any course of life. 7. To have currency, Scotland. 8. “To gang thegither”, to be married, Scotland. 9. “To gang to gait”, to go abroad. 10. “To gang to the gait”, to set out on a journey, Scotland. B. See also: GANG, S. B.
S.; SELKHORN n. A thing which breeds in the skin. resembling a small maggot. Scotland. See also: SHILFCORN.
SA v. To say.
SACK n. The privilege of a baron to prosecute, try and judge his vassals in his own court. See also: SAK.
SACKE n. Sackcloth.
SACKET n. A small sack, Scotland. B. See also: SAKKET.
 
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Secancy : n. A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another.

 
A Dictionary of the Scots Language derived from “An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, D.D.” published in 1818.
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