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- Skylark, the, 126
- Slaan, 195, C. Du., Ger. schlagen
- Slack, 198, in place-names. For metaphor, cf. gorge, gully
- Slabbery, 151, Mo. slobbery, app. to supping ungracefully
- Slag, 198, 222, C. Du. Cf. Ger. schlucken, to swallow, Sc. "slocken drooth," quench thirst
- Slakan, 30, Go. to strike, Ger. schlagen, slay, C. Du. slaan, E. slog; "slaying mutton on Sabbath."—Elg. K.S. Recs."
- Slang, boys', 109
- Slap, 208, a gap
- Slaup, 36, Go. slipped
- Sledderkin, 186, Cu.
- Sledders, 186, Cu.
- Slider, 186, Lan. of the ice-cream man, var. slithery
- Slijp, slyp, 66, 212, a sledge, Ger. schleifen, to draw, Du. slijpen, E. slip, slippers. See Slip-a
- Slim, 207, C. Du.; Ger. schlimm, E. slim; or. sense, slack, oblique, crafty, slender. Du. and Ger. retain the sense of "crafty"
- Sliob, 66, Ir. sliobhaim, to polish
- Slipa, 66, N. whet, i.e. to make slippery or smooth, Du. slijpen; or. sense, to glide, in Ayrsh. app. to a sledge, Cu. slape-shod, shoes worn smooth
- Slipan, 66, A.S. slip, in Sc. to polish, sharpen. Cf. Du. slijpen, in Sc. to slide, slipe, a sledge
- Slippy, 92, slippery
- Slive, 173, sliver, a twig (Shak.), M.E. sliuen, to cleave, split
- Slocken, sloken, 198, 222. See slag
- Sloongin, Slinge, 137, 172, going about in indolent manner; slung, a tall, lank booby; Ab. cog. slink
- Sluck, 198, Shet. See slag
- †Sluit, 201, C. Du., doubtful if conn. with "sluice" as in the text. "O.F. escluse, a sluce."—Cot. L. Lat. exclusa, a flood-gate"—Sk.
- Slypet, 66, glided. Burns. See Slipa
- Small quantities, equivalent expressions for, 138
- Smatchet, 136, small, mischievous child; perh. small-chit
- Smeddum, 85, 136, acuteness, A.S. smedma, smedeme, fine flour
- Smeekin, 124, 129, smoking in causal sense
- Smiddy, 131, smithy
- Smit, smittel, 33, 68, 210, to infect. Go. bi-smeitan, A.S. be-smitan, to pollute, Ic. smeita, steam from cooking fat, Ger. Schmutz, Du. smet, a spot, smut
- Smoky, 104, a smoked haddock
- Smoogle the gag, 127, 155, boys' game. See gag
- Smore, 71, 208, C. Du. smother
- Snaw, 23, 254, Go. snaiw-s, Ger. Schnee
- Sneck, 135, door-latch, cf. snig, sniggle. See snig, sniggin
- Sneck-drawer, 85, 135, a cunning person, a latch-lifter
- Sned, 14, 23, 148, 182, 195, sneddin, Go. sneithand, snod, neat, trimmed, part. of sneithan, A.S. snithan, Ger. schneiden, Du. snijden,—all, to cut
- Snig, 187, Cu.
- Sniggin, 187, cf. sniggle, sneck, snook
- Snij-doktor, 197, 210, C. Du. snij, to cut. See Sned
- Snod, 14, 128, trim, neat, lit. cut (pret. of sned)
- Snool, 85, one mean, spiritless, Du. snooler, to snub
"They snool me sair,
They hud me doon."
- Snoove, 208, to move smoothly and constantly, Ir. snoimham, to twist
- Snotter, 136, 207, to blubber, snot, snuffle, A.S. and Du. akin to snout
- Sogers, 154, soldiers
- Some, 94, somewhat, cf. Ger. etwas
- Sonks, 201, a grassy seat, a straw cushion
"He'll ride nae mair on stray sonk."
"Jac. Ball."
- Sookies, 123, soukies, clover blooms, from being sucked by children for their nectar
- Soordook, 132, 156, buttermilk
- Soordook sogers, 132, Loth. militia. See daich, daichie
