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scent, scentit, scint, scintit, sint, sintit, wee_scent, wee_sint, weesint,
scent [sɛnt, sɪnt]
n. Scent. A small quantity.
v. To scent.
pp. pp. scentit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wee scent: A very small quantity.
schaim, schaime, schame, schamie, schamin, scheme, schemie, schemin, schemo, schemy, schime, skaim, skame, skeem, skem, skeme,
schame [skeːm]
n. A scheme. A plan. A housing estate.
dim. schamie A derogatory term for dwellers of (council) housing estates.
v. To sceme. To avoid by false pretences.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
schamin: Scheming.
fluggie-the-skweel, scail, sceel, sceul, schael, schail, schale, scheul, schil, schill, schillin, schilyaird, scholar, scholard, scholart, schuil, schuilar, schuilin, schuill, schuil-lair, schuil-wark, schuilyaird, schul, schule, schule, schulin, schulin, schull, schullin, scill, scöl, scolard, scoller, scollerd, scollert, scöl-wark, scuil, scuile, scuilin, scuil-wark, scule, scull, scullin, scweel, skael, skail, skailin, skaill, skale, skalin, skeel, skil, skilin, skill, sköl, skuil, skuilin, skuill, skul, skül, skule, skulin, skweel, skweelin, squeal, squeel, squeelin, wee_schuil, wee-skill,
schuil [S. I. skøl, skyl, skjyl, C. skɪl, SEC. skel, MN. skwil, NN. skil]
n. A school. A lecture-room in St. Andrews University. A shoal of fish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
jouk the schuil: To absent oneself from school without leave.
plunk the schuil: To absent oneself from school without leave.
learn the schuil: To be a pupil at school.
scholart [ˈskolərt,-d]: A scholar, a school pupil.
schuilin: Schooling, education.
schuil-lair: Schooling, education.
schuil-wark: School studies.
schuilyaird: A school playground.
wee schuil: Infant schuil.
scadin, scadins, scadyin, scadyins, scideen, scideens, skeedeen, skeedeens, skeedin, skeeding, skeedings, skeedins, skeedyin, skeedyin, skeedyine, skeedyines, skeedyins, skeedyins, skeegeen, skeegeens, skideen, skideens, skidyin, skidyins,
scideen [U. ˈskɪdin, ˈskid(j)in]
n. A small potato. Something very small and insignificant.
pl. scideens
 
From Irish scidín.scideen
science, scienteefic, scienteific, scientist, scientive, seeince, seeintist, sheence,
science [ˈʃiəns, ˈsəiəns]
n. Science.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scientive: Learned or knowledgeable in a specified subject.
scienteefic [ˈsəiəntifɪk]: Scientific.
scientist [ˈsəiəntɪst]: A scientist.
scallop, scillop, scollop, skillop,
scillop [ˈskɪləp, ˈskʌləp]
n. An auger with a rounded tapering blade.
chizors, scissor,
scissor [ˈsɪsər]
n. A pair of scissors.
sclafert, sclaff, sclaff, sclaffer, sclaffered, sclaffert, scleff, scleffer, scleffert, sklaff, sklaff, sklaffed, sklaffer, sklaffer, sklaffert, sklef, skleff,
sclaff [sklaf]
n. A blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument. A slap, box on the ear. A falling-flat. A clap or thud. A light loose-fitting shoe or slipper. A thin flat slice of anything.
v. To strike with the open hand, a stroke. To make a flat stone skip over the surface of water.
 
sclaffer [ˈsklafər]
n. A clumsy flat footed person. A thin flat slice of anything.
v. To hit with the palm of the hand.
pt. pp. sclaffert n. A stroke with the hand.
 
See skleff, skliff also.
sclander, sclanner, sclaunder, slanner,
sclander [sklan(d)ər, sklɔn(d)ər]
n. Slander.
v. To slander.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sclanderin: Slandering.
sclatch, sclatrie, sklatch,
sclatch [sklatʃ]
n. A large smudge or smear. A heavy fall in to water or mud etc.
v. To smear, smudge.

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