prattle_, to scramble.
_Spreckled_, spotted, speckled.
_Spring_, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel.
_Sprit, spret_, a tough-rooted plant something like rushes, jointed-leaved
rush.
_Sprittie_, full of spirits.
_Spunk_, fire, mettle, wit, spark.
_Spunkie_, mettlesome, fiery; will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus; the devil.
_Spurtle_, a stick used in making oatmeal pudding or porridge, a notable
Scottish dish.
_Squad_, a crew or party, a squadron.
_Squatter_, to flutter in water, as a wild-duck, &c.
_Squattle_, to sprawl in the act of hiding.
_Squeel_, a scream, a screech, to scream.
_Stacher_, to stagger.
_Stack_, a rick of corn, hay, peats.
_Staggie_, a stag.
_Staig_, a two year-old horse.
_Stalwart_, stately, strong.
_Stang_, sting, stung.
_Stan't_, to stand; _stan't_, did stand.
_Stane_, stone.
_Stank_, did stink, a pool of standing water, slow-moving water.
_Stap_, stop, stave.
_Stark_, stout, potent.
_Startle_, to run as cattle stung by the gadfly.
_Staukin_, stalking, walking disdainfully, walking without an aim.
_Staumrel_, a blockhead, half-witted.
_Staw_, did steal, to surfeit.
_Stech_, to cram the belly.
_Stechin_, cramming.
_Steek_, to shut, a stitch.
_Steer_, to molest, to stir.
_Steeve_, firm, compacted.
_Stell_, a still.
_Sten_, to rear as a horse, to leap suddenly.
_Stravagin_, wandering without an aim.
_Stents_, tribute, dues of any kind.
_Stey_, steep; _styest_, steepest.
_Stibble_, stubble; _stubble-rig_, the reaper in harvest who takes
the lead.
_Stick-an'-stow_, totally, altogether.
_Stilt-stilts_, a crutch; to limp, to halt; poles for crossing a river.
_Stimpart_, the eighth part of a Winchester bushel.
_Stirk_, a cow or bullock a year old.
_Stock_, a plant of colewort, cabbages.
_Stockin'_, stocking; _throwing the stockin'_, when the bride and
bridegroom are put into bed, the former throws a stocking
at random among the company, and the person whom it falls
on is the next that will be married.
_Stook, stooked_, a shock of corn, made into shocks.
_Stot_, a young bull or ox.
_Stound_, sudden pang of the heart.
_Stoup_, or _stowp_, a kind of high narrow jug or dish with a handle
for holding liquids.
_Stowre_, dust, more particularly dust in motion; _stowrie_, dusty.
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