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scoof, scoofie, scoofy, scoofy, scooth, scoothie, scoothy, scoothy, scope, scopey, scopey, scopie, scopy, scouf, scoufie, scoufy, scoufy, scouth, scouthie, scouthy, scouthy, scowf, scowff, scowfie, scowfy, scowfy, scowth, scowth, scowthe, scowthie, scowthy, scowthy, skowth, skowthie, skowthy, skowthy,
scowth [skʌuθ, skuθ, skʌuf, skuf]
n. Freedom of movement, liberty to range, elbow-room, scope, freedom to express oneself, latitude, permissible limits. Plenty, abundance, as much as one could wish. Release or relaxation from work, a holiday, time off. Scope, opportunity, chance to improve or prosper.
 
scowthy
adj. Capacious, roomy, bulky, big.
scrab, screyb, scribe, scribe, skribe,
scrab [skrab]
n. The crab apple Malus sylvestris. A stunted, shrivelled or gnarled tree or shrub.
scrab, scrob,
scrab [skrab]
v. To scratch, scrape.
scrabe, scraber, scraib, skraib,
scrabe [skreb]
n. WC. The black guillemot Cepphus grylle, sometimes the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus.
scrae, scray, skrae, skray, skre,
scrae [skreː]
n. A stunted, shrivelled underdeveloped person or animal. A shrivelled dried-up object.
scraffle, scrafflin, scravle, scravvle, skrovvel,
scraffle [skrafl, skravl]
n. A scramble, a struggle.
v. To scramble. To claw about with the hands. To grope for something on the ground. To work hard with little result.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scrafflin: Scrambling, groping, etc.
scraibble, scraible, skraibil, skraible,
scraible [skrebl]
v. To scrabble. To scramble.
Scraibster, Screbster, Skraibster, Skrebster,
Scraibster [ˈskrebstər, skrɛbstər]
pn. Scrabster (Caithness).
scram$le, scramblan, scramee, scramel, scrammell, scrammelt, scrammie, scrammle, scrammlin, scrammult, skrammil, sramale,
scrammle [ˈskraməl]
n. A scramble.
dim. scrammie
v. To scramble.
pt. pp. scrammelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scrammlin: Scrambling.
scran, scranner, scraun, skran,
scran [skran]
n. Scraps of food.
v. To beg, scavenge, scrounge.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scranner [ˈskranər]: A beggar, a parasite.

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