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~Scowder~, _s._ A hasty toasting, so as slightly to burn, S.; Isl.
_swide_, adustio.
SCOWMAR, _s._ A pirate, a corsair.
_Barbour._
Belg. _zee-schuymer_, a sea-rover.
SCOWRY, _adj._ Showery, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _scur_, imber.
SCOWRY, SCOURIE, _adj._
1. Shabby in appearance, S.
_Dunbar._
2. Mean in conduct, n.i.g.g.ardly, S. O.
3. Appearing as if dried or parched, S. A.
Corr. from E. _scurvy_.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Scowrie~, _s._ A scurvy fellow, S. O.
_R. Galloway._
SCRAB, _s._
1. A crab-apple.
_Douglas._
Belg. _schrabb-en_, mordicare.
2. In pl. stumps of heath or roots, S. B.
_Ross._
SCRABBER, _s._ The Greenland dove.
_Martin._
_To_ SCRALL, _v. n._ To crawl.
_Hudson._
_To_ Sc.r.a.pE, _v. n._ To express scorn, Fife.
V. ~Scorp~.
Sc.r.a.pIE, _s._ A miser, S.
_To_ SCREED, SKREED, _v. a._
1. To rend, S.
_Ross._
2. To defame.
_Morison._
Isl. _skrida_, ruina montium; _skridn-a_, lacerari.
3. To talk frequently and facetiously, S.
_Farmer's Ha._
~Screed~, ~Skreed~, _s._
1. The act of rending, S.
2. The sound made in rending, S.
3. Any loud shrill sound, S.
_J. Nicol._
4. The thing that is torn off, S.
5. A dissertation, a harangue, S.
_Glenburnie._
