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V. ~Skail~.
SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.
V. ~Skaik~.
_Dunbar._
SCALLIARD, _s._ A stroke, W. Loth.
Isl. _skell-a_, to strike, _skell-r_, a stroke.
SCALP, SCAWP, _s._
1. Land of which the soil is very thin, S.
_Ramsay._
A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.
2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.
_Sibbald._
~Scalpy~, ~Scaupy~, _adj._ Having thinness of soil, S.
_To_ SCAM, _v. a._ To scorch, S.
V. ~Skaumit~.
SCAMP, _s._ A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;
Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.
_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._
1. To s.h.i.+ne, to make a great show.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.
2. To make a great shew in conversation, S. B.
3. To magnify in narration, S. B.
Su. G. _beskoen-a_, causam ornare verbis.
_To_ SCANCE, SKANCE, _v. a._
1. To reflect on, S.
_Philotus._
Su. G. _skoen-ia_, mentis acie videre.
2. To reproach; to make taunting or censorious reflections on the character of others, especially in an oblique manner, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. To give a cursory account of any thing, S.
_A. Douglas._
~Scance~, _s._
1. A cursory calculation, S.
2. A rapid sketch in conversation, S.
SCANSYTE, _part. pa._ Seeming.
Su. G. _skin-a_, apparere.
_Wallace._
SCANT, _s._ Scarcity.
V. ~Skant~.
SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ Rafters which support the roof of a projection, Ang.
Teut. _schantse_, sepimentum muri.
~Scantlins~, _adv._ Scarcely, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
~Scantlis.h.i.+n~, _s._
