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SCON, _s._ A cake.
V. ~Skon~.
_To_ SCONCE, _v. a._ To extort, Ang.
_To_ SCONE, _v. a._ To beat with the open hand, S.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _skoyn-a_, Su. G. _sken-a_, leviter vulnerare.
SCOPIN, _s._ A quart-vessel.
V. ~Scoup~, _v._
_Dunbar._
SCOREY, _a._ The brown and white gull. Orkn.
V. ~Scaurie~.
_Barry._
_To_ SCORN, _v. a._ To rally a young woman, by pretending that such a one is in suit of her. S.
_Ritson._
~Scorning~, _s._ Rallying of this kind, S.
_To_ SCORP, SCROP, SKARP, SKRAP, SKRIP, _v. n._ To mock, to gibe; _sc.r.a.pe_, Fife.
_Knox._
Su. G. _skrapp-a_, jactare se; Teut. _schrobb-en_, convitiari.
SCOTCH-GALE, _s._ Myrica gale, S.
_Lightfoot._
Belg. _gaghel_, pseudo-myrtus.
SCOTTE-WATTRE, SCOTTIS-WATTRE, the Frith of Forth.
_Goodal._
SCOTTIS SE, the Frith of Forth.
A. S. _Scottisc-sae_, id.
_Barbour._
SCOTTISWATH, _s._ Solway Frith.
V. ~Scotte-wattre~.
_Pinkerton._
A. S. _wad_, a ford.
_To_ SCOUG, _v. n._
V. ~Skug~, _v._ 2.
_To_ SCOUNGE, _v. n._
1. To go about like a dog, especially as catering for food, S.
Su. G. _skynd-a_, procurare.
2. To pilfer, Strathmore.
SCOUNRYT.
V. ~Scunner~.
_Barbour._
_To_ SCOUP, or ~Skoup aff~, _v. a._ To drink off, S. B.
O. Teut. _schoep-en_, to drink.
~Scoup~, _s._ A draught of any liquor, S. B.
