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RUSKIE, _s._ a basket made of twigs.
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SAB, _v. n._ to sob.
SAD, _adj._ grave; heavy.
SAE, _adv._ so.
SAELIKE, SALIKE, _adj._ of the same kind, similar.
SAFT, _adj._ soft.
SAFTLY, _adv._ lightly; softly.
SAILYE, _s._ a.s.sault.
SAIP, _s._ soap.
SAIR, _adj._ sore; a sore; a wound.
_To_ SAIR, _v. a._ to satisfy; to serve.
SAIRHEAD, _s._ a headache.
SAIRING, _s._ as much as satisfies one.
SAIRLY, _adv._ sorely.
SAL, _v. defective_, shall.
SAND-BLIND, _adj._ being very short-sighted, as is often the case with people with very fair hair.
SANDY, _s._ Alexander.
SANG, _s._ a song; also the past of sing.
SAP, _s._ liquid of any kind taken to solids.
SAPS, _s._ bread soaked or boiled in ale, or wine and water.
SARK, _s._ a s.h.i.+rt, frequently applied to the s.h.i.+ft of a female.
SAUCH, SAUGH, _s._ the willow tree.
_To_ SAUCH, SOAGH, _v. n._ to emit a rustling or whistling sound, like the wind in a narrow pa.s.s.
SAUL, SAWL, _s._ soul.
SAULLESS, _adj._ dest.i.tute of soul.
SAULLIE, SAULIE, _s._ a hired mourner, such as go in front of a hea.r.s.e.
SAUT, _s._ salt.
SAUT-FOOT, _s._ a salt-cellar.
_To_ SAW, _v. a._ to sow.
SCAIL, _s._ a kind of tub.
SCANT, _s._ scarce.
SCANTY, _s._ scarcity.
SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ small pieces of wood tying the rafters together.
SCAMP, _s._ a cheat.
SCAPE, _s._ a bee-hive.
SCAR, SCAIR, SCAUR, _s._ a bare place on the side of a hill from which the soil has been washed off.
_To_ SCART, _v. a._ to scratch.
SCART, _s._ a scratch.
SCHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.
SCHANK, _s._ the leg.
SCHAVE, SHEAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ a slice of anything, such as bread, etc.
SCHAW, _s._ a grove or thicket; a shadowy place.
SCHEL, _s._ a shed for sheep.
_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ to divide.
SCHILL, _adj._ shrill.
SCHOAG, SHOG, _v. a._ to move backwards and forwards.
SCHOGGLE, _v. a._ to shake.
SCHONE, SHOONE, _s. pl._ shoes.
SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ a shovel.
