Sarra, C, serve. “The witch wife begg’d i’ our back-side, An’ went _unsarra’d_ away i’ the pet.” _Anderson._ The Witch Wife. Sauch, S, willow. “Whereby the glancing waves o’ Clyde Through _sauchs_ an’ hangin’ hazels glide.” Old Song—Bothwell Bank. Scraffle, C, scramble. “We _scraffelt_ on i’ this fashion, an’ it was quite dark afooar we gat till Ammelside yatt.” _Betty Yewdale._ T’ terrible Knitters i’ Dent. Screes, C, sloping banks of fragmentary stone under precipices. “Whoariver there’s _screes_ There’s mair steàns nor trees.” Old Rhymes. Scrimp, S, pinch, reduce. “For lack o’ thee I _scrimp_ my glass.” _Burns._ On a Bank Note. Scrowe, S and C, a lot of children, etc., rough or numerous. “There’s sic a _scrowe_ o’ Irishmen come ower frae Skinburness.”—Said at Annan. Scunner, S, shuddering disgust—noun and verb. “An’ yill an’ whiskey ga’e to cairds, Until they _scunner_.” _Burns._ Ep. to Smith. Sec, C; Sic, S, such. “Feegh! _sec_ a yen we’ve hed at Codbeck, As niver was under the sun.” _Anderson._ The Codbeck Wedding. “_Sic_ as ye gie, _sic_ will ye get.”—Proverb. Shap, C, to seem likely, or tend to. “They’re _shappin’_ to gang heàm wid empty pockets.” Said of two losing whist players at a Merry Night. Shinny, C; Shinty, S, a rough game played with knobbed or round ended sticks—called in the south of England, I believe, hocky. “_Shinny’s_ weel aneuf if shins wer’ seàf.”—Old saying. Sinsyne, S, since then. “She charm’d my heart an’ aye _sinsyne_, I canna think o’ onie ither.” Song—O’er the Muir. Skeich, S, shy, distant. “Maggie coost her heid fu’ heich, Look’d asklent an’ unco _skeich_.” _Burns._ Duncan Gray. Skirl, S, scream. “White and bludy puddings rowth To gar the doctor _skirl_ wi’ drowth.” _Ferguson._ St Andrews. Skreich, S; Skrike, C, shriek. “It’s time aneuch to _skreich_ when ye’re strucken.” Proverb. Skurl, C, slide. “_Skurl, skurl_ the’ doon—I’ll kep the’, come thy ways, I’ll leuk ahint me—niver mind thy claes.” _Ewan Clarke._ Slake, C, a light smear as of grease, etc. “Let’s tak’ _slake_ an’ _slake_ aboot till it’s done.” Said in licking out a treacle pot. Slape, C, slippery.