86 ANTRIM AND DOWN QLOSSART. Scale-drake, sb. the shell-drake. Anas Tadoma. Seame, Seam, v, to scorch. Scantling, (1) ah. wood cut to special sizes for carpenters' use. (2) ah. measurement of wood or iron to ho used in work. ' What scanifinga of iron will you put into the gate f ' Scart, V, to scratch. Scaud, V. to scald. ^ It's sae het it wud scaud a pig/ a comparison. Scaur, Soar, ab, a steep or overhanging hank of earth; a reef or ridge of rocks. Scheme, v. to endeavour to escape work hy false pretences. Scholar, eb. one who can read and write. ' It's a sore thing not to he a scholar J* School, Schnll, sb. a shoal of fish. Scobes, sb. pi. rods of hazel or wUlow, sharpened at both ends, for pinning down the thatch to the * scraws ' or sods in thatching a house. Same as Scollops. Scog, sb. an offensive or mocking valentine. ScoUopSy sb. pi. See Scobet. Sconce, (1) sb, a skulking person. (2) sh. a hiding-place : used hy wild-fowl shooters. It is generally a alight shelter built of stones on a beach. (S) V. to joke or ridicule; also to feign illness, so as to escape having to work. Sconcer, sb. one who pretends to be sick in order to escape work. Scope, (1) sb. an extent of land. ' He owns a laige scope of moun- tain.' ^2) sb. in trawling or dredging the extra length of rope which is paid out after the £edge has reached the bottom is called the scope.
- Give it a faddom or two more scope.'
Scotch lick, sb, a very slight wash of the face or hands. Scotch penny, sb. the thick English penny of 1797. Scout, (1) sb. a squirt or syringe. (2) V. to squirt. Scout-hole, Scoot-hole, sb. a rat-hole to which rats run for shelter when chased, or a concealed hole planned for exit, by which rabbits may escape when their principal holes are watched. Scrab, {!) sb, a scratch. (2) V. to scratch. * The cat near scrubbed his eyes out.' Scndgh, Scraik, sb. a scream, such as the cry of a sea-guU.
