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Sc.u.m, _s._ A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.
Sc.u.mFIT, _part. pa._ Discomfited.
Ital. _sconfigg-ere_, id.
_Wallace._
SCUNCHEON, _s._ A stone forming a projecting angle, S.
Germ. _schantse_, E. _sconce_, q. a bulwark.
_To_ SCUNNER, SCOUNER, _v. n._
1. To lothe, S.
_Cleland._
2. To surfeit, S. B.
3. To shudder at any thing.
_Pitscottie._
4. To hesitate from scrupulosity of mind.
_Wodrow._
5. To shrink back from fear.
_Barbour._
A. S. _scun-ian_, vitare, aufugere, timere.
~Scunner~, ~Skunner~, ~Skonner~, _s._
1. Lothing, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _scunnung_, abomination.
2. A surfeit, S. B.
SCURDY, _s._ A moorstone, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _skord-a_, colloco firmiter.
SCURL, SKURL, _s._ A dry scab, S., from _scurf_.
SCURLY, _adj._ Opprobrious, Loth.
Fr. _scurrile_.
SCURROUR, SKOURIOUR, SKURRIOUR, s.
1. A scout.
_Wallace._
Fr. _escur-er_, to scour.
2. An idle vagrant.
_Ruddiman._
SCUSHIE, _s._ A cant term for money, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
SCUSIS, _pl._ Excuses.
_Burel._
Ital. _scusa_, an excuse.
SCUTARDE, _s._ One who has lost the power of retention.
V. ~Scout~.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SCUTCH, _v. a._
1. To beat.
