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82 HAMPSHIRE OLOSSART. Shnte [sheutl, sb, a young growing pig ; bigger than a sucking-pig, but not a full-grown pig. — ^Wise (note on Cooper, who writes aheaty shut), Shutds [sheutsl, $b. pi, young hogs or porkers before they are put up to fattmg. — ^Lisle. Side [seid], cidj, long. Cf. ^side sleeves/ i. e, long sleeves. Much . Ado, iii 4. Side-lands [seid-landz], sb. pi. the headlands of a ploughed field, where the plough has-been turned. — Cooper. Sidy [sei'di], adj surly, moody. — ^Cooper. Silk*WOod [silk-wuod]^ sb. the great golden maiden-hair ; Poliftrieum commune ; ' which they call «t7l*-t(HX)GL*— White's Nat, Hist, ofSdhorntt Letter Silly [sil'i], adj, frantic, mad, insane. Ex. ^ It 'ud drive me nlly to see it' ' He* 8 gone siUyy and took to th' asylum.' It is always used to designate insanity^— not folly or idiotcy, which is designated by the word Simple. — ^N. H, Silt See Baoon-silt. Simple [sim'pl], (idj, weak-minded, foolish, idiotic. Ex. 'He be quite simple, poor chap.'— N. H. Sithe [seidh], v, to sigh. *Ak. (who writes sythe). Sixe [seizj, sb, thickness, consistency ; the ' size of the gruel ' means its consistency. — Wise, New Forest, Sizsing [siz'ing^, sb, yeast or barm, so called from the sound made by ale or beer m working. — Cooper. Skeel [skeel], sb, a stratum ; a layer of soil of any kind. — N. H. Skeer [skeerl, sb, a hard surface as on land not easily broken up. — N. H. Skellet [skel'ut], sb, a round brass pot, having a bail (q. v.) to hang it over the fire. — N. H. Skenter [skent'ur], sb. an animal that will not fatten. — J. Skenting rskent'ing], acy, cattle are said to be skenting when they will not fatten.- Skid [skid], sb, a piece of timber laid at an angle with the ground. Two or more skids are laid, so as to form an inclined plane to lever {q, V.) up large timber. — ^N. BL Skillin [skil-un], sb. a penthouse. *Ak. Common ; especially at the back part of a house. — ^Wise. See Shealing. Skimmer-cake [skim*ur kaiki, sb. a small pudding made up from the remnants of another, and baked upon a skimmer, the dish with which the milk is skimmed. — ^Wise, New Forest. Skimmington [skim-intun], sb, what is called rough music {q, v.). — N and Q, Ist Ser. x. 400. * To ride Skimmington * is a ludi- crous div: rsion in many parts of England, when the grey mare is