HAMPSHntE GLOSSART. 77 (2) A lump'of rock-Bait^ for cattle to lick in the field or ^barton ' ; also put into a pigeons' house for the pigeons to peck at. — W. Gf. the old phrase to turn cat in pan, — Bacon's Essays ; 0/ Cunning, — ^W. W. S. Salts [saults], sh. pi, marshes near the sea flooded bj the tides.^- Cooper. Saul [saui], ah. souL *Ak. .Sar [saar], v, (l) To serve. Ex, 'It sar^d un right.' (2) To feed. Ex. * Sar the pigs.'--J. Sawndy [sau-ni], eh, a simpleton.— N. H. Com. Scadger [skaj-ur], sb. a ruffian. — Winch, Sch, Gl, Soaldings [skau'ldingz], interj, A cry raised to warn others to get out of the way at their peril (as though a person were carrying some- thing scalding hot). — ^Adams' Wykehamica, p. 432. Scale, Sqnoil fskail, skwoil], sb, a short stick loaded at one end with lead, ana is distingmshed from a snog^ which is only weighted with wood. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 182. See Squoyl, Scale [skail], v, to throw stones. — J. Scaly [skaiH], adj, (1) shabby.— F. M. S2) Mischievous, dose, mean. Ex. ' A seedy fellow,' a mean person, yooper. Scamble [skamb-l], (1) v, n, to crumble, as a bank. (2) V. a. To break down, or tread down. (3) V, n. To roam about. — N. H. Soar [skaar], v, to drive away. — J. [For scare.] Searcy [skairsi], adj, scarce. — F. M. Scant [skaut] , v, to strain with the foot in supporting or pushing anythmg. *Ak. Scant See Squat Sooat [skoat], sb. a shore. — J. Scenoe [skons], v, to deprive a person of anything. — WincL Sch, 01. Scoop [skoop], sb, a boiler. — J. Scrabble [skrab'll, v. n. (1) To crawl about. Ex. ' Little Billy's scrabbling about house.' (2) To make a scratching noise. As * rats scrabble,^ — J. ^ [Bather to scratch, without reference to the noise. C£ 1 Samuel xzi 13.] Scran [skran], sb. a bag. [See the remarks on this word in E. D. S« Gloss. B. 19, p. 24.] Scrase [skraiz], v. a. to graze. Ex. Tve scrazed my leg.'- Screecli [skreech], sb. the bull-thrush. — "Wise. ♦Ak. gives * Screechy the missel-thrush.' Never so called in N. H. Scrim [skrim], r. a. to crush. Ex. ' Scrim the curds well.'
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