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ker _s._ a court card 'Sim t' I it seems to me Simlin _s._ a kind of fine cake intended for toasts Sin, Sine _conj._ since, because Sinegar _s._ the plant stocks Singlegus _s._ the orchis Skag _s._ a rent, tear, wound Skenter, Skinter _adj._ relaxed, as applied to oxen Skiff-handed _adj._ awkward Skiffle _s._ as to make a skiffle, to make a mess of any business Skiffling _s._ the act of whittling a stick Skilly _s._ oatmeal porridge Skimps _s._ the scales and refuse of flax Skimmerton-riding _s._ the effigy of a man or woman unfaithful to marriage vows carried about on a pole accompanied by rough music from cows'-horns and frying-pans. Formerly it consisted of two persons riding on a horse back to back, with _ladles_ and _marrow-bones_ in hand, and was intended to ridicule a hen-pecked husband Skir _v._ skim, mow lightly, as thistles Skir-devil _s._ a black martin, swift Skirrings _s._ hay made in pasture lands from the long grass left by the cattle Skitty _s._ a water-rail Skitty-vamps _s._ laced half boots Skred, Skride _v._ to stride Slat, Slate _v._ to split, crack, crumble Slate _s._ a sheep-run. Slated _adj._ accustomed to, contented Slerib _s._ a spare rib of pork Sley for "as lief," ex. I would sley do it as not Sliden, Slidder, Slither _v._ to slide Sliver _s._ a thin slice Slock _v._ to encourage the servants of other people to pilfer Slooen _adj._ of sloe, ex. A slooen tree Slop _adj._ loose (Dutch _slap_) Slope _v.n._ to decay, rot, as pears and potatoes Srnitch, Smit, Smeech _s._ smut, or fine dust Snag _s._ a tooth standing alone; a small sloe Snag-blowth _s._ the blossom of the black-thorn Snake-leaves _s._ ferns Snap-jack _s._ stitch-wort (stellaria holostea) Snare _s._ the gut or string stretched tightly across the lower head of a drum Snell, or Snull _s._ a short thick stick about 4 inches long, called a "cat," used in the game called cat and dog Sneyd _s._ the crooked handle of a scythe Snicker, Snigger _v._ to laugh in an insulting way Snoach _v._ to snuffle, to speak through the nose Snoffer _s._ a sweetheart (Dutch _snoffen_, to sigh) Snool _v._ to smear anything by rubbing the nose and mouth over it (Dutch _snavel_, a snout) Snop _s._ a sharp blow Soce, Zuez _s. pl. voc._ friends (Query _socii_) Sog, or Sug _s._ a morass. Soggy _adj._ boggy; also
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