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SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be removed from the field.
SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.
SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.
_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.
SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.
SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.
SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.
SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times, whereby the family received and answered inquiries from strangers.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.
_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.
_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.
SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.
SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.
SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.
SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.
SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical instrnment.
s.p.u.n.k, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.
s.p.u.n.kIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.
s.p.u.n.kIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.
_To_ s.p.u.n.k-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or brought to light.
STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.
STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.
STAMMACK, _s._ the stomach.
_To_ STAMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.
STAMREL, _adj._ half-witted.
STANE, _s._ a stone.
_To_ STANG, _v. a._ to sting.
STANG, _s._ a long pole.
STANK, _s._ a ditch with a slow running stream or stagnant water.
_To_ STAP, _v. a._ to stop; to cram; to fill.
_To_ STAW, _v. n._ to surfeit.
STAY, STEY, _adj._ step.
STEAD, STEADING, _s._ a farm house.
_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ to shut.
_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._ to meddle with.
STEEVE, _adj._ firm, relating to a bargain made; sometimes used for obstinate.
_To_ STEIK, _v. a._ to st.i.tch.
STELL-NET, _s._ a net stretching a considerable way into a river, and sometimes across it.
_To_ STEND, _v. n._ to spring; rise to an elevation.
_To_ STERE, STEIR, _v. a._ to stir.
STERE, STEIR, _s._ commotion.
STEY, _adj._ steep.
_To_ STICK, _v. a._ to bungle.
_To_ STILT, _v. n._ to go on crutches.
_To_ STINT, _v. n._ to limit; to act shabbily.
STIRK, _s._ a bullock or heifer between the age of one and two years; a stupid rude fellow.
STOB, _s._ a p.r.i.c.kle.
STOCK AN' HORN, _S_. a musical instrument composed of a _stock_, which is the thigh-bone of a sheep, and the _horn_, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and a reed.
