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- Sawtan, 70, Satan, pron. under influence of Heb. Satnanas, "limb o' Sawtan"
- Scabbet, 68, scabbed
- Scallog, scoloc, sgalag, 63, 64, N.Gael., husbandman, serf
- Sch-, for primitive sk-, 195, C. Du.
- Schade, 70, 195, Ger.; Sc. scaith, scaid
- Schalk, 56, 63, 64, O.T. skalko-s, servant, O.E. sceale, Ger. Schalk, rogue. See mareschal
- Sconce, 180, Cu.; Ger. Schantz, E. en-sconce
- Shilpit, 223, C. Du. schuilpaat, skulpad
- Schulze, 64, Ger., village bailiff
- Scimes, skeima, 29, Go. lantern, shimmer, A.S. scima, light, Ger. schimmern
- Sclitter, 151, Cu.; Sc. sclither, sclidder, to slip to right and left in walking, akin to slide, Ger. Schlitt-schuhe=skates
- †Scot-free, 26, is not conn. with Go. skatts as in text. Skeat conn. with A.S. scot. (soeotan, to shout), payment, shot; the same sense and cog. forms are in Teut. generally
- Scrabs, 114, 163, Kinc. var. of scrubs, shrubs
- Screed, 13, skreitan. Go. to shred
- Scuddy, scrimpit, 151, Mo. syn. jimp
- Seap, 123, Orce. sab., to soak
- Seapt, 122, soaked
- Sedimateesed, 110
- Seekin, 173, North.
- Seen, 36, for saw
- Seek sorry, 137, 140, very unwilling
- Se'erday, 83, Lan. Saturday
- Seestu, 170. See you!
- Seggs, 119, sedges
- Selch, 217, Bu.
- Sele, sale, sells, 147, a rope, cattle-yoke, cog. with σειρά, a cord, Ger. Seil. See over or iver-sells (Bu.). See sells and thrammles (Ab.). Go. in-sailan, to let down with ropes, A.S. sal, N. seil, Ind.–Ger. root, "to bind"
- Set, sat, 61, to become a person. "Gae hame, gudewife; it wad better set ye to be nursin' the gudeman's bairns than to be deavin us here."—"Waverley."
- Settle, 135, Go. sitls, a throne, Ger. Sessel
- Settle, 24, Go. sitan, to sit
- Sgeilm, 222, Gael. See skellum
- Shack, 64, E. dial. Colonial syn. for shanty
- Shanks, 163, old name for stockings, A.S. scanea, the bone of the leg, E. shin. Shank-wiving—"Ane par worsit schankis to my page."—17th c. diary
- Shan't can dea't, 169, Cu.
- Sharg, 133, Orc. petulant
- Shargar, 133, Ang. the youngest of a litter, a lean person, Gael. searg, to wither, O.Ir. illness, O.H.G. suërcan, become gloomy. "A peer shargart thing."—Gregor
- Sheelin, 146, shelling or winnowing hill
- Sheep-ree, 65, sheep-fold. See Reed
- Shelly-coat, 140, kind of moth
- Sheppert, Cu. shepherd
- Shilpit, 223, shilpie, "shrunk, shrivelled, thin, pinched-looking about the face" (J. B. F.). See skulpad
- Shim, 146, North., a drill harrow, a shim plough. Not in Jam.
- Shirk, 182, Cu., cf. Ger. Schurke
- Shoo, 28, to frighten
- Shoo, 13, to sew. Go. siujan
- Shools, 118, shovels
- Shoother, 14, shoulder
- Shot, 133, 182, a young pig, still commonly used in America
- Shrank, 205, C. Du.
- Shukkie mill, 159, Kinc. call of the wood worm as sign of approaching death; perhaps a var. of shoggle, to shake, but shoog, a fright, gives a better sense. Not in Jam.
- Shut, 208, a sliding window; schut, Bord. a wooden screen, A.S. scéotan, shoot, Du. schut, a fence, screen; shottles, sliding drawers
- Shuvve, skiuban, 13, Go. to shove, A.S. scofian, Du. schuiven, Ger. schieben
- Sib, 22, 255, related. Go. sibja, blood relationship, Ger. Sippe; common in A.S., Fris., Du., Kr., O.N. Sif, honoured as goddess of the family. "But they micht be brocht to
