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sasannach, sass$nach, sassanach, sassanack, Sassenach, sassenagh, sassenauch, sassonach, sassunach, sasunnach,
Sassenach [ˈsasənəx]
n. An English person. Generally considered derogatory.
adj. English.
saasage, sahsidge, sasij, sassenger, sasser, sassidge, sassij, sassinger, sassitch, sausenger,
sassenger [ˈsasəndʒər]
also sasser
n. A sausage.
saaster, saster, sauster,
saster [ˈsastər]
n. A kind of sausage filled with haggis stuffing.
sateer, sateerical, sateericals, sateerise, sateerisin, sateir, sateirical, sateiricals, sateirise, satireisin,
sateer [ˈsatiːr]
n. Satire.
 
sateerise
v. Saterise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sateerical [səˈtiːrɪkəl]: Satirical.
sateericals: pl. Satire, satiric talk or writing.
sateerisin: Saterising.
saitl$t, sattelt, sattle, sattled, sattlet, sattlt, settle,
sattle [satl]
n. A settle, a bench with back and arms, a long chair. The middle passage way through a byre. The state of being settled or at ease, peace, quietness. Set, build, compactness.
v. To settle.
pt. pp. sattelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tak sattle: To settle down, be tranquil.
Saturn,
Saturn [ˈsatərn]
n. The planet Saturn.
Saabath, Sabbath, Sabbathday, Saibith, Saubath, Saubeth, Sawbath, Sawbith, Sawboth,
Saubath [ˈsɑːbəθ, ˈsɔːbəθ, N. I. ˈsaːbəθ]
n. The Sabbath, Sunday.
saace, saacy, saas, saaser, saasie, saass, sahce, sahcer, sass, sasser, sauce, saucepan, saucer, saucie, saucy, sohs, soss,
sauce [sɑːs, sɔːs, N. I. saːs]
n. Sauce, gravy, the juice of meat.
 
saucy
adj. Vain, conceited. Disdainful, scornful, contemptuous.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
saucer: A saucer.
saucepan: A saucepan.
saach, saachan, saachen, saachie, saachy, sach, sachie, saich, salie, sallie, sally, sauch, sauchen, sauchie, sauchin, sauchtree, sauch-wand, sauch-willae, sauchy, saugh, saughan, saughie, saughin, saugh-wand, saughy, willy-wand,
sauch [sɑːx, sɔːx, N. I. saːx & I. sex]
n. A willow tree, usually the goat willow Salix caprea.
 
sauchie
adj. Made of willow, abounding in willows.
 
sauchen
adj. Made from willow, belonging to a willow, of willow. Soft, yielding like willow. Flabby, languid, lacking in energy or spirit.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gray sauch: S. The grey willow Salix cinerea.
hoburn sauch: The laburnum Cytisus Laburnum.
huip sauch: The osier Salix viminalis.
privie-sauch: S. The privet Ligustrum vulgare.
reid sauch: The red willow Salix purpurea.
sauch-wand: A willow wand.
smaw-sauch: SW. The bog-myrtle Myrica gale.
Saachen, Sauchen,
Sauchen [ˈsɑːxən ˈsɔːx- N. I. ˈsaːx-]
pn. Sauchen (Aberdeenshire).

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