10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOWTH»
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
To SCOUR-AFF? v. a. To drink off heartily and quickly. SCOURIE. See Scowry.
SCOUT, j. A syringe. To SCOUT, v. n. To eject any liquid forcibly ; to spout.
SCOUTH. See Scowth. SCOUTHER. See Scowtuir. SCOWP. s. Scope ; plenty of
room.
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Cf ON skula a taunt] scout3. Same as scoot2. scouth or scowth skooth or skowth,
(Scot) n free range; scope; plenty. scouther. scowther skove'dhar or scowder
skow'dar, (Scot) vl to scorch, singe; to overheat; to toast slightly; to blight. — vi to ...
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
The term Is used to denote one under the influence of a diarrhoea ; Isl. llcwtt-a,
liquidum excrementum jacular!, Yerel. 2. v. n. To fly off quickly, S. ibid.— Su. <}.
ikiut-a, jacular!. SCOUT, i. A syringe, S. V. SCOOT-OCTI. SCUUTII, SCOWTH, ». 1
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John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
SCOUTCH, see Scotch, so} S_COUTH, sb. Sc. Also written scowth, skouth. [sknlr]
1. Room, freedom, liberty to range, scope. Sc. As Ye're bent to gie them scouth T'
wcrc just as wcel Foryou to tell the honest truth, Fonn Thistledown (1891) 203.
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The works of Allen Ramsay. With life of the author by G. ...
By break of day he seeks the dowy glen, That he may scowth to a' his mourning
len ; Nane but the clinty craigs and scrogy briers Were witnesses of a' his granes
and tears. Howder'd wi' hills a crystal burnie ran, Where twa young shepherds ...
Allan Ramsay, George Chalmers, Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee), 1851
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The Cabinet dictionary of the English language
Scouth, scowth, plenty ; abundance. Scouther, to scorch. Bcowry, showery;
shabby in appearance ;— n. a scurvy fellow. Scratch, scraigh, to scream as a hen
, partridge, 4ie. Scrauchle, to creep forward, as if on both liands and feet. 8cranky,
thin ...
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The poetical works of Allan Ramsay: to which is prefixed ...
By break o' day he seeks the dowie glen, That he may scowth to a' his mourning
len' : Nane but the clinty craigs, an' scroggy briers, Were witnesses o' a' his
granes an' tears. Howder'd wi' hills a crystal burnie ran, Where twa young
shepherds ...
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The Gentle shepherd: A Scots pastoral comedy
Scowth, room, freedom. Scrimp, narrow, straitened, little. Scroggs, shrubs, thorns.
briers. Scroggy, thorny. Scuds, ale. A late name given it by the benders. Scunner,
to loath. Sell, seif. Seucb, furrow, ditch. .S' v, to try. Seybow, a young onion.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
SCOUTH, Scowth, s. 1. Liberty to range.] Add; Scouth and Routh, a proverbial
phrase. " That's a gude gang for your horse ; he'll have baith scouth and routh" S.
i. e. room to range, and abundance to eat. . / SCOUTHER,*. A hasty toasting.
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A dictionary of the Scottish language [by E. Picken].
Scowth, s. room, freedom, ease. .Scowther, v. a. to burn slightly, to brown in
toasting, as in burning coffee, to singe. Scowther, s. a hasty toasting, so as to
burn. Scraigh, v. n. to cry as a hen when displeased. Scraigh, s. such a cry as
above.
