An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Baillie._
2. _To scutch lint_, to separate flax from the rind, S.
Ital. _scutic-are_, id. E. _Scotch_.
_To_ SCUTLE, _v. a._ To pour from one vessel to another, often including the idea of spilling, S.
Isl. _gutl-a_, liquida moveo, et agito c.u.m sonitu.
~Scutles~, _s. pl._ Any liquid that has been tossed from one vessel to another, S.
SE, _s._ Seat, residence.
_Douglas._
SE, _s._ The sea.
_Barbour._
SEA-COULTER, _s._ The puffin.
_Sibbald._
SEA-HEN, _s._ The lyra, a fish.
_Sibbald._
SEA-PIET, _s._ Pied oyster-catcher, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SEA-SWINE, _s._ The wra.s.se, S.
_Sibb._
SEA-TOD, _s._ A species of wra.s.se.
_Sibb_.
SEAM, _s._ The work at which a woman sews, S.
Fr. _seme_, id.
SEATER, _s._ A meadow, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
Norw. _saeter_, pasture for cattle; Isl. _saetur_, pascua.
SEATH, SEETH, SETH, SAITH, SEY, _s._ The coal-fish, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _seid_, ftura asellorum minuta.
SECRET, _s._ A coat of mail concealed under one's usual dress.
_Cromarty._
SEDEYN, _adj._ Sudden.
_Wallace._
SEDULL, _s._ A schedule.
_Wallace._
SEED-BIRD, _s._ A sea-fowl, S. A.
_Statist. Acc._
SEED-FOULLIE, _s._ The wagtail. S.
Q. _seed-fowl_; Su. G. _saed_, and _fugl_.
_To_ SEEK, _v. a._ To attack.
V. ~Soucht~.
_To_ SEEK one's _meat_, to beg, S.
