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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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sging, a squeeze, hardship. there is an E. Ir. scingim, I spring, from skeng, discussed under sgaoim.
sgioba, ship's crew; from the Norse skip, a ship.
sgiobag, a slap given in play, a hasty touch or snatch, sgiob, sgiab, snatch, Ir. sgiobaim, I snatch, W. ysgip, ysgipiol; cf. Manx skibbag, skip, hop, from Eng. skip.
sgiobair, a skipper; from the Sc. skippare, Eng. skipper, Norse skipari, a mariner.
sgiobal, sgìobal (Suth.), a barn, Ir. sgiobál:
sgioball, loose folds or skirts of a garment:
sgiobalta, clever, neat, Manx skibbylt, active, a skipping, Ir. sgiobalta, active, spruce; also G. sgioblaich, adjust the dress, etc., tidy up. Cf. Norse skipulag, order, arrangement, skipa, put in order, Eng. ship shape. The Gadelic is borrowed.
sgiodar, a plashing through bog and mire, diarrhœa; from Sc. scutter, skitter.
sgiogair, a jackanapes, Ir. sgigire, a buffoon, mocker; see sgeig.
sgiolam, forward talk, also sgeilm; also giolam. See sgeilm. sgiol (Lewis), empty talk; N. skjal.
sgiolc, slip in or out unperceived; cf. Eng. skulk.
sgiolbhagan, fibs (Wh.):
sgiomalair, an instrument to take the suet off a pot (M'A.); from Eng. skim?
sgìonabhagan, "smithereens" (Arg.); from sgian?
sgionnadh, starting, eyes starting with fear; see sginn.
sgionn-shuil, a squint eye; from Eng. squint, with a leaning on G. sgionn, sginn, start, protrude.
sgiord, squirt, purge, Ir. sgíordadh (n.), sgiurdaim (O'R.); either cognate with or borrowed from Eng. squirt (Stokes' Lis.).
sgiorr, slip, stumble, Ir. sciorraim:
sgiort, a skirt, edge of a garment, Ir. sgiorta; from Eng. skirt. O'Cl. has Ir. sguird for tunic or shirt.
sgiot, scatter; from Norse skjóta, shoot, skyti, shooter. M'A. says the word belongs to the North Highlands; Arm. does not have it. Ir. has sgiot, a dart, arrow: "something shot".
sgìre, a parish; from Ag. S. scír, county, now shire, O. H. G. scîra, charge.
sgirtean, a disease in cattle - black spauld or quarter-ill (H.S.D.): "stumbling disease", from sgiorradh?
sgìth, tired, Ir. sgíth, weariness, O. Ir. scíth, Corn. sqwyth, skîth, Br. skouîz, skuîz: *skîto-, *skîtto- (Brittonic *skvîtto-, according to Stokes); rrot skhei beside khsei, decay, destroy, Gr. φθίω, φθίσις, phthisis, Skr. kshi, destroy, kshitás, exhausted (Strachan, Bez.Beit.17 300).
