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ANTRIM AND DOWN QLOSSART. 87 Beraigli o' day, sb. early morning. Seran. ' Bad eeran to you/ bad lack to yom Scran is said to mean food, Seratj sh. something smalL ' The fowls he had were only wee scrats* SeraWy (1) eh. a thin strip of sward or turf. Scraws are laid under the thatch of a house to receive the points of the 'soobes' or ' scollops.' (2) V. to strip sods off the surfooe of a field. ' Do you want to 9craw the man's land ? ' Seraw, Bora, i;. to coyer a bank with sods. ' To tcraw a grave.' Screeoh oooki sb, the missel thrush. Screed, sb, a rent or tear in clothes ; a discourse or harangue. Screeding, sb. the mortar pointing round a window-frame. Screenge, sb. a mean, miserly person* Screw mouie, sb. the shrew. Serimpit, acff. scanty. Scringe, v. to creak ; to make a grinding or rasping noise. Sorogs, sb. pi. places covered with furze, hazel, brambles, &c. Scrubby, acff. mean; shabby. Scruff, sb. a mean fellow. Scruff of the neck, sb. the back of the neck. Scrunch, sb. a crush or squeeze. Scud, V. to slap. Scuff, V. to subject to abuse or wear ; to make shabby. Scuffed, injured in appearance by wear or abuse. ScuiBe, (1) sb. a hoe that is pushed — called in trade a * Dutch hoe.' (2) V. to hoe walks or beds with a scuffle. (3) V. to scrape or drag the feet along the ground. Sculder, Scalder, sb. a jelly-fish {medma) of any species. Scunner, Scunhur, Sounder, sb. a disgust ; a loathing. ' I've taken a scunhur at that man.' Scutch, V. to remove the ' shives ' or ' shows ' horn fiax. Scutch grass, sb. couch grass. Same as Quickens. Scutch mill, sb. a miU where flax is ' scutched.' Scutching tow, sb. the rough tow which is taken off flax at a scutch null.