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V. ~a.s.syith~.
SITHE, SYITH, _s._ Satisfaction.
_Sat. Invis. World._
~Sithement~, _s._
V. ~a.s.sythment~.
SYTHENS, _conj._
1. Although.
_K. Hart._
2. Since, seeing.
_Balnavis._
SYTHYN, _adv._ Afterwards.
_Barbour._
SYVER, SIVER, _s._ A covered drain, S. also _syre_; E. _sewer_.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _suyver-en_, mundare.
~Rumbling Syver~, a drain filled with stones thrown loosely together, S.
SIVVEN, _s._ The Raspberry, S. Gael.
SIVVENS, SIBBINS, _s. pl._
1. A disease viewed as of the venereal kind, S.
From its resembling a raspberry; Gael. _sivven_.
_Pennant._
2. The itch, Orkn. p.r.o.n. _sibbens_.
SYVEWARM, _s._ L. _Syvewarin_, the sovereign or first magistrate of a town.
_Sovereign_, quaestor, Kilian.
_Barbour._
SKADDINS, _s. pl._ Turfs, Banffs.
Teut. _scadde_, cespes, gleba.
_To_ SKAFF, SKAIFF, _v. a._ To collect by dishonourable means.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _skaff-a_, to provide food.
~Skaff~, _s._ Provision.
V. ~Scaff~.
~Skafrie~, ~Scafferie~, _s._
1. Extortion.
_Acts Marie._
2. The contents of a larder; Sw. _skafferi_, cella penuaria.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Skaffay~, _adj._ Eager for gain.
_A. Hume._
SKAICHER, _s._ A term of gentle reprehension applied to a child, Ang.
Gael. _sgiogair_, a jackanapes.
_To_ SKAIK, _v. a._
1. To separate in an awkward or dirty manner, S. B.
2. To bedaub, S. B.
