78 HAMPSHIBE GLOSSABT. Scrimpy rskrim'pi], adj, mean^ smaU. Ex. ^A terrible scrimpy pudden. "^ Scroop [skroop], v. to grate, to creak, as a door on rusty hinges. — Wise, l^ew Forest^ p. 186. Or as a cait- wheel wanting grease. — ^N. BL Scrondge, Scmdge [skronj, skrudj], v, to squeeze closely. — F. M. (2) To crowd up. — Cooper, who spells it scrowge. *Ak. tcrouge* See Scrunch. Scrow [skrou], adj. (I) cross. 'Ex. * Main 9eT<yu>^ very cross. ♦Ak. {2 Angry, scowhng. — Cooper. (3) Dark, threatening, as weather. Ex. ' A ktwo night.' — J. Scmmple [skrumpl], v, to crush. — J. [For crumple.] Sorumpling [skrump'ling], «&. a small apple. — J. [For crumpling.] Soninch [skninsh], v. (1) To bite in pieces with the teeth, so as to make a noise. — F. M. (2) To squeeze closely. — F. M. See Scroudge. Souddick [skud-ik], sb, a small coin. Ex. <Kot worth a ecuddicfc* ' Not got a scuddxck to fly with.'— W. See Souttick. Scuffle [skuf 1], sb. a kind of hoe for scraping the ground. — "S, H. Souffle [scuf i], (1) v. a. To scrape the surface of the ground. Ex.
- To icujfU up weeda*
(2) v. n. To walk without raising the feet from the ground. Ex.
- He goes scuffling along.' — N. H.
Seng [skugl, sh. a squirrel. ' Let's go ^cti^hunting ' is a common phrase. — N. and Q. Ist Ser. v. 261. — N. H. Scngbolt [skugboalt], sh. a stick with a leaden head, used for knock- ing down bii^ aaascugs (squirrels), j^. and Q. let Ser. x. 400. See Squoil. ScTiggy [skugi], sh. a squirrcL — W. See Song. Scull [skul], sb. a drove, or herd, or pack of low people; lit a shoal ; always used in an opprobrious sense. — Wise, New ForesL Scnppit [skupit], sb. a small scoop used by malsters, &c. — Cooper. Scut [skut], sb. the wren. Sometimes called scuitorwren [skut'uren]. — ^P. M. Bather acutty-wren. — W. ,H. 0. Scnttick [skut'ik], sb. anything of the smallest possible worth. 'I'll tell you what I mean to do; I won't pay one farthing — no, I won't pay one iciUUck towards the taxes, nor the Poor's rate, nor the parson ' neither, not till I find something to satiny my mind^' EUdian Speech, Newport, Isle of Wight, April 20, 1831. See Scuddick. Sedge [sedj*], sb. Sparttna aUemifiora. — Dr. Bromfield in Phytoto- gist, ill 1096, O.a— J. B. Seed-lip [seed'lip], sb. a wooden box^ of a peculiar shape, which is carried by persons when sowing the ground. — Cooper.
