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_Rackses_, andirons.
_raised_, delirious.
_ree_, half-drunk.
_reek_, smoke.
_redde_, rede, counsel.
_rig_, ridge (of ploughed land).
_rones_, external waterducts of a building.
_rug_, _v._ pull roughly.
_runkle_, crumple.
_Scad_, gleam, reflection.
_sch.o.r.e_, a man of high rank.
_scog_, _v._ hide.
_scomfisht_, discomfited.
_scowther_, scorch.
_scrog_, a stunted shrub.
_shavling-gabbit_, shavling mouthed, a shavling being a carpenter's tool of the plane order. Having a mouth which emits sounds like those made in planing.
_sicker_, certain.
_siver_, sewer.
_skail_, _skayl_, disperse.
_skelf_, shelf.
_skirr_, scour.
_sklinter_, _v._ splinter.
_skreigh_, cry.
_sleekit_, deceitful.
_slocken_, slake.
_smeddam_, spirit.
_sneck_, bolt.
_snell_, keen.
_snod_, trim.
_snool_, subjugate by tyrannical means.
_sole_, sill.
_sorn_, to "sponge" upon; used by Galt for to loiter.
_sosherie_, social intercourse.
_sough_, murmur.
_spae_, _v._ forecast.
_spean_, _v._ wean.
_speat_, flood.
_speer_, _speir_, inquire.
_s.p.u.n.k_, spark.
_staincher_, stanchion.
_stang_, a pole; to "ride the stang" was to be subjected to a form of mob justice by which the patient was borne shoulder-high astride a pole.
_steek_, st.i.tch, fasten.
_stock_ (bed-stock), the fore-part of a bed.
_stoure_, dust in motion.
_straemash_, disturbance.
_stravaig_, _v._ stroll.
_sw.a.n.ky_, strapping young countryman (Brockett).
_swatch_, sample.
_swee_, a chimney crane for suspending a pot over the fire (Jamieson).
_swither_, _v._ to be reluctant, hesitate; _n_. reluctance, hesitation, indecision.
