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SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._
1. Abundance of room, S.
2. Liberty of conduct, S.
V. ~Scoup~, _v._
_Ferguson._
_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.
_Burel._
Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.
~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.
_Cleland._
~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._
1. A dancer.
_Knox._
2. A light unsettled person.
_Polwart._
SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.
A metaph. use of the E. _v._
_J. Nicol._
_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._
1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.
_Ibid._
Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.
SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._
1. Liberty to range, S.
_Dalrymple._
2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.
_Ross._
3. Room.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.
Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_, frequenter cursitare.
SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.
Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.
SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.
V. ~Skaitbird~.
_Neill._
_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. p.r.o.n. _scowther_.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.
