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scogh, skeoch, squoch,
scogh [skjɔx]
n. Gael. A gully, ravine.
discomfish, scomfice, scomfish, scomfished, scomfisht, sconfeesht, sconfish, scoomfish, scumfis, scumfish, scumfished, scumfiss, scumfist, scummfis, scummfish, scummfisht, scummfiss, scummfisst, scummfist, scunfis, scunfish, skomfeesh,
scomfish [ˈskʌmfɪʃ, -ɪs]
n. A suffocating atmosphere. A disgust, a strong dislike, feeling of repulsion.
v. To discomfit, suffocate, stifle, choke. To overpower with heat etc. To disgust or sicken.
pt. pp. scomfisht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
discomfish: To vanquish, to overcome.
sconce, sconse, skonce, squance, squance,
sconce [skɔns]
n. A fortification or earthworks.
v. To shelter, protect, screen. sl. To cheat, extort fraudulently.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sconce awa: To ward or fend off.
scon, scone, skon,
scone [skɔn]
n. A large round cake made of wheat or barley flour. A slap with the flat of the hand.
v. To strike the surface of with some flat object. To crush flat with a slap.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
pan scone: A pancake.
scaudit scone: A scone of barley or wheet mixed with hot milk or water.
tattie scone: Potato cake.
scoon$ral, scoondral, scoondrel, scooneral, scoonral, scoonrel, scoun$ral,
scoondrel [ˈskun(d)rəl]
n. A scoundrel.
scoor, scoor_oot, scoorie, scoorin, scooroot, scoor-oot, scoors, scoory, scour, scourie, scourie, scourin, scours, scoury, scowry, skoor, skooroot, skour,
scoor [skuːr, ˈskʌu(ə)r]
n. A scour. A light shower of rain. A gust of wind.
pl. scoors Diarrhoea.
dim. scoorie
v. To scour. To move rapidly.
 
scoorie
adj. Blustery with rain, wet and squally, a shower of rain. Scruffy, shabby.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scoorin: Scouring. A stern rebuke. Diarrhoea.
scoor oot: A wedding custom where coins are thrown to the children along the way.
scoot, scoot-amillie-scrou, scooter, scootie, scootie, scoots, scooty, scooty, scout, scouter, scoutie, scouty, scowt, scowter, scut, skoot, skooter, skottamilliskrua, skout, skouter, skutamillaskrua, skutamilliescroo, skuttamijllaskru,
scoot [skut]
also NEC. U. skowt [skʌut]
n. A sudden gush or flow of water from a spout or roof-pipe etc. A squirt. A syringe or peashooter. A mean and utterly contemptible person, a scamp, a conceited boaster, a "squirt". The razor-bill Alca torda or EC. MN. I.Ork. guillemot Uria aalge.
pl. scoots Diarrhoea.
dim. scootie A squirt. Something tiny.
v. To cause water or other liquid or the like to spout or gush out in spurts, to eject liquid forcibly, to squirt. To void thin excrement, to suffer from diarrhoea. Of liquid: to spurt or squirt out, to come out in gushes or spurts.
 
scooty
adj. Tiny. Low or worthless in character, scruffy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scoot-amillie-scrou: I.Sh. The game of hide-and-seek played among corn-stacks.
scooter [ˈskutər], NEC. U. skowter [ˈskʌutər]: A squirt. A syringe or peashooter.
scoots, scouts,
scoot [skuts]
n. A scout.
pl. scoots Scouts.
v. To scout. To travel in search of information.
hog-score, scord, scordet, scordit, score, scorey, scorie, scory, skor, skord, skore, skorie,
score [skoː(ə)r]
n. A scratch, a mark, a notch. A crevice. A scar or mark left by a wound, a weal. A set of twenty members. When selling sheep: a group of twenty-one, where one is added to every twenty as a discount.
In sets the singular is used as the pl. with numerals.
v. To make a mark or cut.
 
scorie
adj. Scratched, notched.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hog-score: The distance line in curling.
gae ower the score: To misbehave.
scord [I.Sh. skɔrd]: A deep indentation or depression in the sky-line of a hill at right angles to its ridge. A gully, crack, fissure. scordit Scored, cracked through exposure to weather.
scoarn, scorn, scornfu,
scorn [skoːrn]
n. Scorn. A snub, brusque rejection.
v. To scorn, jeer, scoff. I. To ridicule by mimicry, to burlesque, mock.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scornfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Scornful.

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