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Scots is the Germanic language, related to English, spoken in Lowland Scotland and Ulster, not the Celtic language Gaelic!
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Page 149 of 159 for the letter S

surface,
surface [ˈsʌrfes]
n. The surface.
surfait, surfat, surfeit, surfeitit,
surfeit [ˈsʌrfit, ˈsʌrfet]
adj. Excessive, immoderate, especially in a bad sense. Cruel, intemperate in behaviour, overbearing.
v. To indulge to excess.
pt. pp. surfeitit
surge [sərdʒ]
n. A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.
v. To move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.
surmeese,
surmeese [sərˈmiːz]
v. To surmise.
surmunt [sərˈmʌnt]
v. To overcome a difficulty or obstacle.
surpass [sərˈpas]
v. To exceed, be greater than.
surplice [ˈsərplis]
n. A loose white linen vestment.
suprise, supriser, surpraaise, surpreese, surpreesed, surpriser,
surpreese [sʌrˈpriːz]
n. Surprise.
v. To come upon unawares. To be surprised, to wonder, to be taken with astonishment.
pt. pp. surpreesed
surrender, surrenner,
surrender [səˈrɛn(d)ər]
v. To surrender.
surrepteetious, surrepteitious, surrepteitious,
surrepteetious [sərəpˈtiʃəs]
adj. Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
surrepteetiously: surreptitiously.

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