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Sciette: f. A little Saw.

Scieur: m. A Sawer, or Sawyer.

Scille: f. The Squilla, or sea Onion.

Scillet: m. The Nut of a (musicall) Instrument.

Scillitic: m. ique: f. Of the Squilla, or sea Onion.

Scinc, & Scinque: m. The Skinke; a kind of small land Crocodile, diuers parts whereof are of good vse in Physicke.

Scintillation: f. A sparking, or sparkling.

Scintille: f. A sparke, or sparkle of fire.

Sintiller. To sparke, or to sparkle.

Sciomance. Diuination by conference with the shadows of dead men.

Scion: m. A Scion; a young and tender plant; a shoot, sprig, or twig.

Scionneux: m. euse: f. Full of scions, or of shoots; twiggie, spriggie.

Scipoulle. The sea Onion.

Scirre: m. A hard and almost vnsencible swelling, or kernell, bred between the flesh & skin, by cold, or of thick and clammie flegme.

Scismatique: com. A Scismaticke.

Scismatique: com. Scismaticall.

Scismatiser. To Scismatise it, or play the Scismatick; to raise a Scisme, or breed a diuision, in the Church.

Scisme: m. A Scisme; a diuision in, or from, the Church.

Scissile: com. That may be cut or diuided, thats easie to cut. Pierre scissile. Seeke Pierre. Scissure: f. A cleft, cut, cracke, bracke, chap.

Scissuré: m. ée: f. Cleft, chapped, cut, cracked, broken, diuided.

Sciure. Looke Sieure. Sclavine. as Esclavine. Sclirrolique. ¶Rab. Looke Shilirhoïque. Scoffion: m. A coyfe, cawle, or head-tire richly set with Jewells.

Scoletie: f. A kind of spotted Spider.

Scolopendre: f. The Scolopendria, a reddish, many-legd, and venomous worme; also, a certaine fish, which hauing swallowed a hooke, vomiteth her bowells, rid of it, sucketh them vp againe; also, as Scolopendrie. Scolopendrie: f. Spleenwort, Miltwort, Finger-fearne, Scale-fearne, Stone-fearne. Scolopendrie vraye. The same; called Vraye, to make it differ frō Harts-tongue, or stone Harts-tongue, which is also (falsly) tearmed Scolopendria. Scopeterie: f. A (great) volley of small shot.

Scordion: m. Scordium, water Germander, Garlicke Germander.

Scorie: f. The drosse, refuse, or scumme of melted, or tried mettall.

Scorpene: f. A little darke-greene fish (in the Marsellian sea) which hath certaine weake, but venomous prickles on her backe.

Scorpion: m. A Scorpion; also, a kind of small Dag. Scorpion de mer. The sea Scorpion; a red, great-headed, and wide-mouthed fish, which hath but a few, and those verie small, teeth; but in lieu thereof he is armed with many prickles both on his backe, and about his head.

Scorpion volant. The flying Scorpion; a rare vermine; and yet Mathiolus thinkes that Scorpions may haue wings as well as Ants.
  Herbe aux Scorpions. Scorpion-wort, or Scorpion-grasse.

  Queuë de Scorpion. Great Tornesole, Wartewort.

Scorze: m. A round Italian corne-measure, 22 whereof goe to the Ruble. Scorzon: m. A short blacke Serpent full of yellow spots; and so venomous & stinking withall, that all vermine feare, and (as much as they can) auoid him.

Scote. La scote d'une voile. A Sheat.

Scotin: m. ine: f. Difficult, intricate, obscure, full of quirkes and quiddities.

Scotte. as Scote. Scourgeon: m. Amell-corne, or Starch-corne; a wild or degenerate Wheat, which is sowne in the Spring, and being ground, yeelds a verie white, but verie light, and little nourishing, meale.

Scourre. La terre ne se sçait scourre de cette herbe. The ground cannot ouercome, or bee rid of, this weed.

Scousse. Looke Secousse. Scripteur: m. A Writer.

Scriptule: m. A Scruple; the third part of a Dramme; Looke Scrupule. Scrofulaire: f. Scrofularia, Pilewort, Figwort, Kernell-*wort. Scrofulaire majeur. Great Figwort, or Kernell-*wort; Some also call browne Worts, or water Bettonie, Scrofularia major. Scrofulaire mineur. Figwort, Pilewort, little Celandine, or Celandine the lesse.

Scrofule: f. The Kings euill; or a Wenne vnder the throat.

Scrophulaire. Looke Scrofulaire. Scropule: m. A little sharpe stone falling into a mans shooe, and hindering him in his gate; also, a scruple, doubt, feare, difficultie, care; precisenesse, nicenesse, trouble of conscience; also, a Scruple; a weight amounting vnto the third part of a Dramme. Scrupule d'un Arpent. The 48 part of an Arpent, or ten foot square euerie way.

Scrupuleusement. Scrupulously, doubtfully, fearefully, nicely, precisely.

Scrupuleux: m. euse: f. Scrupulous, doubtfull, fearefull, conscientious, nice, precise.

Scrutine: f. A scrutinie, or search.

Sculpteur: m. A Caruer, Cutter, Grauer.

Scutiforme: com. Fashioned like a Scutcheon, shield-fashion. Cartilage scutiforme. as Fourchette. Scybale. A hard or hardened, turd: ¶Rab. Scylle: f. The sea Onion.

Scync, & Scynque. Looke Scinc. Scyomantie: f. Diuination by conference with the shadowes of dead men.

Scyrrhe. Looke Scirre. Scyrrheux: m. euse: f. Kernellie, knottie.

Scytale. The Scytall; a daungerous Sloe-worme, whose backe is full of variable, & delightfull spots or marks; also, the Shrew mouse; also, a little round or square sticke full of cyphers.

Se. A Relatiue of both Numbers, and euer placed before a Verbe; as in Il se trompe; He deceiues himselfe, or is deceiued.

Seamment. Fitly, comely, decently, handsomely.

Seance: f. Decencie, seemelineße, handsomeneße, comelinesse, a decorum; also, a roome, seat, or place to sit in; also, a sitting.

Seant: m. ante: f. Decent, seemelie, comelie, handsome, gracefull, well suting or sitting.

Seas. À Dieu seas. in stead of Sois: ¶Gasc. ¶Rab.