n Scots law, the act of giving legal possession of feudal
property, or, colloquially, the deed by which that possession is
proved_.

sclamber, _to scramble_.

sculduddery, _impropriety, grossness_.

session, _the Court of Session, the supreme court of Scotland_.

shauchling, _shuffling, slipshod_.

shoo, _to chase gently_.

siller, _money_.

sinsyne, _since then_.

skailing, _dispersing_.

skelp, _slap_.

skirling, _screaming_.

skreigh-o'-day, _daybreak_.

snash, _abuse_.

sneisty, _supercilious_.

sooth, _to hum_.

sough, _sound, murmur_.

Spec., _The Speculative Society, a debating Society connected with
Edinburgh University_.

speir, to _ask_.

speldering, _sprawling_.

splairge, _to splash_.

spunk, _spirit, fire_.

steik, _to shut_.

stirk, _a young bullock_.

stockfish, _hard, savourless_.

sugar-bool, _sugar-plum_.

syne, _since, then_.

tawpie, _a slow foolish slut, also used playfully = monkey_.

telling you, _a good thing for you_.

thir, _these_.

thrawn, _cross-grained_.

toon, _farm, town_.

two-names, _local sobriquets in addition to patronymic_.

tyke, _dog_.

unchancy, _unlucky_.

unco, _strange, extraordinary, very_.

upsitten, _impertinent_.

vennel, _alley, lane_. The Vennel, _a narrow lane in Edinburgh running
out of the Grassmarket_.

vivers, _victuals_.

wac, _sad, unhappy_.

waling, _choosing_.

warrandise, _warranty_.

waur, _worse_.

weird, _destiny_.

whammle, _to upset_.

whaup, _curlew_.

whiles, _sometimes_.

windlestrae, _crested dog's-tail grass_.

wund, _wind_.

yin, _one_.

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