An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 726 : SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._ 1. Abundance of room, S. 2. Liberty of conduct, S. V. ~Scoup~, _v._

SCOUP, SCOWP, _s._

1. Abundance of room, S.

2. Liberty of conduct, S.

V. ~Scoup~, _v._

_Ferguson._

_To_ SCOUP, SCOWP, _v. n._ To leap or move hastily from one place to another, S. B.

_Burel._

Isl. _skop-a_, discurrere.

~Scoup-hole~, _s._ A subterfuge.

_Cleland._

~Scouppar~, ~Skouper~, _s._

1. A dancer.

_Knox._

2. A light unsettled person.

_Polwart._

SCOUR, _s._ The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

_To_ SCOUR _out_, _v. a._ To drink off, S.

A metaph. use of the E. _v._

_J. Nicol._

_To_ SCOURGE _the ground_, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ SCOUT, _v. a._

1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. _v. n._ To fly off quickly, S.

_Ibid._

Su. G. _skiut-a_, jaculare.

SCOUTH, SCOWTH, _s._

1. Liberty to range, S.

_Dalrymple._

2. Freedom to converse without restraint, S.

_Ross._

3. Room.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

4. Abundance; as _scouth of meat_, &c. S.

Isl. _skott_, an uninterrupted course, jugis cursus; _skott-a_, frequenter cursitare.

SCOUTHER, _s._ A flying shower, Loth.

Isl. _skiot-a_, cito vehere.

SCOUTI-AULIN, _s._ The Arctic gull, Orkn.

V. ~Skaitbird~.

_Neill._

_To_ SCOWDER, SKOLDIR, _v. a._ To scorch, S. p.r.o.n. _scowther_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _swid-a_, Dan. _swid-er_, Su. G. _swed-a_, adurere.