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scoorie, scoury, scowrie, scurrie, scurrie-whurrie, scurrit, scurry, scurryman, scurry-whirrie, skirry-whirry, skurr, skurrie, skurrieman, squeenie, squeerich, squeerichin, squeerie,
scurry [ˈskʌre, ˈskuri, MN. ˈskwiri]
v. To roam about from place to place, to wander idly. Of animals: to prowl about or range over a district.
pt. pp. scurrit, scurried
v. To roam about from place to place, to wander idly. Of animals: to prowl about or range over a district.
pt. pp. scurrit, scurried
Compounds and phrases etc.
scurryman: A wanderer, vagabond.
scurry-whirrie: A hubbub, bustle, to-do, tumult.
scurry-whirrie: A hubbub, bustle, to-do, tumult.
scooshle, scush, scushel, scushle, skoosh, skooshle, skush,
scush [skʌʃ, NN.b. skuʃ]
v. To walk with a shuffle.
n. A shuffling noise.
v. To walk with a shuffle.
n. A shuffling noise.
scushle [skʌʃl, NN.b. skuʃl]
n. A shuffling walk. An old worn out shoe.
n. A shuffling walk. An old worn out shoe.
scutch, scutched, scutcher, scutchin, scutchur, skutch, skutchur,
scutch [skʌtʃ]
n. The stick used for scutchin flax, a swingle, or the corresponding part in a scutchin machine, one of the flutings or projecting teeth on the drum of a threshing-machine which beat the grain from the straw. The refuse or woody fibre removed from flax by scutchin, the refuse or scrapings of hides taken off in currying and used in glue-making.
v. To beat or thresh the stems of flax with a hand-instrument or mechanical contrivance in order to separate the fibre from the woody part, to dress cotton or hemp in a similar way. To strike off the ears of corn from the stalk.
n. The stick used for scutchin flax, a swingle, or the corresponding part in a scutchin machine, one of the flutings or projecting teeth on the drum of a threshing-machine which beat the grain from the straw. The refuse or woody fibre removed from flax by scutchin, the refuse or scrapings of hides taken off in currying and used in glue-making.
v. To beat or thresh the stems of flax with a hand-instrument or mechanical contrivance in order to separate the fibre from the woody part, to dress cotton or hemp in a similar way. To strike off the ears of corn from the stalk.
n. A slash, a cutting of twigs or thistles etc. The trimming of a hedge. A block or wedge-shaped piece of wood put under a wheel on a slope to prevent it slipping backwards.
v. To skim or graze the surface of one object by passing another over it. To flick, touch lightly, scuff. To sweep or hoe etc. To walk quickly with a light scuffling step, to bustle about, to slide on ice, skate, sledge. To cut or shear with a hook or knife, to slash, trim a hedge. To dress a stone roughly with a pick.
v. To skim or graze the surface of one object by passing another over it. To flick, touch lightly, scuff. To sweep or hoe etc. To walk quickly with a light scuffling step, to bustle about, to slide on ice, skate, sledge. To cut or shear with a hook or knife, to slash, trim a hedge. To dress a stone roughly with a pick.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scutcher [ˈskʌtʃər]: A flat stick or hand-bat with one thin edge used scutchin, or an adapted form of that in a machine, a flax-swingle. One who works in a casual slovenly or clumsy manner. NN.a. A small flat stone for skimm in over a flat surface of water. pl. scutchers Skates.
scutt$rin, scutter, scutterie, scutterin, scuttery,
scutter [ˈskʌtər]
n. The doing of work in an awkward dirty manner. A botch, bungle. Any footling time-consuming occupation, one that irritates by its trouble someness and triviality. One who works in an ineffective, muddled or dirty manner. A dilatory, dawdling, exasperating creature. A state of excitement, a flurry.
v. To do anything in a slovenly or bungling manner, to botch, make a mess of, spill or splash about, spatter. To be engaged in some troublesome time-wasting, pointless work. To fiddle or potter about in an aimless confused manner, to dawdle, dally. To hinder with some fiddling trifle, to detain through some needless or annoying cause.
n. The doing of work in an awkward dirty manner. A botch, bungle. Any footling time-consuming occupation, one that irritates by its trouble someness and triviality. One who works in an ineffective, muddled or dirty manner. A dilatory, dawdling, exasperating creature. A state of excitement, a flurry.
v. To do anything in a slovenly or bungling manner, to botch, make a mess of, spill or splash about, spatter. To be engaged in some troublesome time-wasting, pointless work. To fiddle or potter about in an aimless confused manner, to dawdle, dally. To hinder with some fiddling trifle, to detain through some needless or annoying cause.
scuttery
adj. Troublesome, time-wasting, muddling, footling.
adj. Troublesome, time-wasting, muddling, footling.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scutter aboot: To mess about.
scutterin [ˈskʌt(ə)rɪn]: Doing something in a slovenly or bungling manner etc.
scutterin [ˈskʌt(ə)rɪn]: Doing something in a slovenly or bungling manner etc.
scuttle, scuttle-hole,
scuttle [skʌtl]
n. Dishwater.
v. To serve food on a plate. Spill while pouring.
n. Dishwater.
v. To serve food on a plate. Spill while pouring.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scuttle-hole: A hole in the side of a cowshed for throwing out dung etc.
saaithe, scy, scythe, scythe-brod, scythe-stane, sey, sy, sye, sye, sye-stane, sye-sten,
scythe [saɪð]
also scy [NN.b. I. sai]
n. A scythe. A scytheman.
v. To work with a scythe.
also scy [NN.b. I. sai]
n. A scythe. A scytheman.
v. To work with a scythe.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scythe-brod: A sharpening board for a scythe.
scythe-stane: A sharpening stone.
scythe-stane: A sharpening stone.
sae, say, sea, sea-feirdy, sea-ferdi, sea-fierdy, seagust, sea-gust, sea-sentry, seawart, sea-weet, sey, sie, sye,
sea [siː, S. səi]
n. The sea.
n. The sea.
Compounds and phrases etc.
full sea, fou sea: The see at high tide.
sea centaury: The seaside centaury Centaurium littorale.
sea-fierdy: Seaworthy.
sea-grape: EC. The seaweed dabberlocks Alaria esculenta
sea-gust: Salt spume driven by wind on to the land.
seawart: Seaward.
sea-weet: NEC. SW. The rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
sea centaury: The seaside centaury Centaurium littorale.
sea-fierdy: Seaworthy.
sea-grape: EC. The seaweed dabberlocks Alaria esculenta
sea-gust: Salt spume driven by wind on to the land.
seawart: Seaward.
sea-weet: NEC. SW. The rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
seal, sealt, seyl,
seal [sil]
n. A seal on a letter etc.
v. To seal.
pt. pp. sealt
n. A seal on a letter etc.
v. To seal.
pt. pp. sealt
saem, saemed, saemer, saim, saimed, same, samed, seam, seamed, seamt, seem, seim, seimed, sem, seym,
seam [sim, sem]
n. A seam. A furrow. A mineral stratum. A hair parting. A row of artificial teeth. Needlework. A task. I.Sh. A nail used to fix together the planks of a clinker-built boat.
v. To fit one edge of a plank to another as in flooring.
pt. pp. seamt, seamed adj. Seamed, wrinkled.
n. A seam. A furrow. A mineral stratum. A hair parting. A row of artificial teeth. Needlework. A task. I.Sh. A nail used to fix together the planks of a clinker-built boat.
v. To fit one edge of a plank to another as in flooring.
pt. pp. seamt, seamed adj. Seamed, wrinkled.
search, serch, sertch,
search [sɛrtʃ]
n. A searce. A fine sieve, strainer or riddle.
v. To put through a sieve, to sift, strain. To extract the juice from.
n. A searce. A fine sieve, strainer or riddle.
v. To put through a sieve, to sift, strain. To extract the juice from.