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scoo, scow, scowe, scull, skill, skoul, skull,
scull [skʌl, N. sku, skʌu]
n. A shallow container or basket.
sculpin, skulpin,
sculpin [ˈskʌlpɪn]
n. The short-spined sea scorpion Myoxocephalus scorpius or dragonet Callionymus lyra.
scult, skult,
scult [skʌlt]
n. A blow with the flat of the hand, a slap, a stroke with a cane or tawse on the hand.
v. To strike with the palm of the hand, to slap, smack, spank.
scoom, scoomed, scoomer, scoomy, scoum, scoumer, scoumit, scoumt, scoumy, scum, scummer, scummin, scummins, skim, skoom, skoomer, skoomi, skum, skumer, skumet,
scum [skʌm]
n. What has been skimmed off, skimmings. A thin coating of frost or ice.
v. To skim.
 
scoum [I. skum]
n. Scum, a thin layer of matter forming on the top of a liquid.
v. To skim, take off scum. To remove the top layer of anything, to scrape off dirt etc. To skim, to graze, touch lightly in passing.
pt. pp. scoumt adj. scoumit Having had the top layer, etc. removed.
 
scoumy
adj. Of the sky: hazy, slightly obscured by clouds
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scoumer: A hand-net with a circular frame on a long shaft for scooping a salmon out of a fly-net or for catching herring spilling out of a drift-net.
scummer: A ladle or shallow dish for skimming.
scummins: Anything scimmed.
sconcheon, scuncheon,
scuncheon [ˈskʌnʃən]
n. The inner edge of a window or door jamb, the open finished end of a wall.
scrungin, scunge, scunger, scungin, skunge, skunger, skweenge, skweenger, squeenge, squeenger,
scunge [skʌndʒ, skundʒ]
also MN. skweenge [skwindʒ]
v. To prowl about, slink. To sponge or scrounge.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scunger [skʌndʒər, skundʒər] also MN. skweenger [skwindʒər]: A prowler, a malingerer.
scungin: Prowling, scrounging etc.
sconder, sconderfu, sconner, sconnerfu, scunder, scunderation, scundered, scunderfu, scundersome, scundert, scuner, scunert, scunner, scunner$t, scunneraation, scunnerashun, scunneration, scunneraution, scunnerawtion, scunnerd, scunnered, scunnerfu, scunnerous, scunnersome, scunnert, scunnir, scunnirt, scunthered, skonner, skonnerfu, skunner, skunnerd, skunnered, skunnerfu, skunnert, skunnert,
scunner [ˈskʌnər, U. ˈskʌn(d)ər]
n. A feeling of disgust, surfeit or nausea, loathing.
v. To get a feeling of aversion, disgust or loathing. To feel surfeited or nauseated. With at: to feel disgust for, to be sickened by, turn in aversion from, be bored or repelled by. To cause a feeling of repulsion, aversion or loathing in a person, to disgust, nauseate, surfeit.
pt. pp. scunnert adj. Disgusted, bored, repelled, fed up. Repugnance, distaste, dislike. A loss of interest or enthusiasm. A shudder betokening physical or moral repugnance. A sudden shock. A cause or object of loathing or aversion, a disgusting or tiresome business, a pest or nuisance.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scunneration [ˈskʌnəreʃən, arch. -ɑːʃən, U. ˈskʌndər-]: An object of dislike or disgust, an offensive sight.
scunnerfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Disgusting, nauseating, objectionable.
scunnersome [-səm]: Disgusting, abhorrent.
scunnert wi, -o: Disgusted, bored, fed up or sick of.
tak a scunner at: To take a dislike to, distaste for.
scur, scurl, scurr, skur, skurr,
scur [skʌr]
n. A scab or cicatrix formed over a healing wound. A rudimentary horn. A dispicable person, a rascal.
scur, scurr, skur, skurr,
scur [skʌr]
n. WC. The mayfly immediately after its larva stage.
scurran,
scurran [ˈskʌrən]
n. A peak or pinnacle on a hill.

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