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prattle_, to scramble. _Spreckled_, spotted, speckled. _Spring_, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel. _Sprit, spret_, a tough-rooted plant something like rushes, jointed-leaved rush. _Sprittie_, full of spirits. _Spunk_, fire, mettle, wit, spark. _Spunkie_, mettlesome, fiery; will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus; the devil. _Spurtle_, a stick used in making oatmeal pudding or porridge, a notable Scottish dish. _Squad_, a crew or party, a squadron. _Squatter_, to flutter in water, as a wild-duck, &c. _Squattle_, to sprawl in the act of hiding. _Squeel_, a scream, a screech, to scream. _Stacher_, to stagger. _Stack_, a rick of corn, hay, peats. _Staggie_, a stag. _Staig_, a two year-old horse. _Stalwart_, stately, strong. _Stang_, sting, stung. _Stan't_, to stand; _stan't_, did stand. _Stane_, stone. _Stank_, did stink, a pool of standing water, slow-moving water. _Stap_, stop, stave. _Stark_, stout, potent. _Startle_, to run as cattle stung by the gadfly. _Staukin_, stalking, walking disdainfully, walking without an aim. _Staumrel_, a blockhead, half-witted. _Staw_, did steal, to surfeit. _Stech_, to cram the belly. _Stechin_, cramming. _Steek_, to shut, a stitch. _Steer_, to molest, to stir. _Steeve_, firm, compacted. _Stell_, a still. _Sten_, to rear as a horse, to leap suddenly. _Stravagin_, wandering without an aim. _Stents_, tribute, dues of any kind. _Stey_, steep; _styest_, steepest. _Stibble_, stubble; _stubble-rig_, the reaper in harvest who takes the lead. _Stick-an'-stow_, totally, altogether. _Stilt-stilts_, a crutch; to limp, to halt; poles for crossing a river. _Stimpart_, the eighth part of a Winchester bushel. _Stirk_, a cow or bullock a year old. _Stock_, a plant of colewort, cabbages. _Stockin'_, stocking; _throwing the stockin'_, when the bride and bridegroom are put into bed, the former throws a stocking at random among the company, and the person whom it falls on is the next that will be married. _Stook, stooked_, a shock of corn, made into shocks. _Stot_, a young bull or ox. _Stound_, sudden pang of the heart. _Stoup_, or _stowp_, a kind of high narrow jug or dish with a handle for holding liquids. _Stowre_, dust, more particularly dust in motion; _stowrie_, dusty.
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