snuff-box.
SNEIST, _s._ a taunt.
SNELL, _adj._ keen; severe.
SNELLY, _adv._ sharply; quickly.
SNIPPY, _adj._ tart in speech.
SNISTY, _adj._ given to saucy language.
_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ to snuff, applied to a candle.
SNODDED, _adj._ lopped; pruned.
SNOT, _s._ mucus from the nose.
SNOOD, SNUDE, _s._ a fillet which binds the hair of young
women.
SNAW-FLAKE, _S_. the snow bunting.
SOBER, _adj._ poor.
SODROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._ an Englishman.
SONSE, SONSY, _adj._ plump in appearance; in good
condition of body.
SOOCH, _s._ a copious draught.
SOOTH, _adj._ true; faithful.
SOSS, _s._ a mixture of different qualities of food.
SOUP, SUP, _s._ a spoonful.
SOUR-MILK, _s._ buttermilk.
SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ sorrel.
SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be
removed from the field.
SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.
SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.
_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.
SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.
SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.
SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.
SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times,
whereby the family received and answered inquiries from
strangers.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.
_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.
_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.
SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.
SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.
SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.
SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.
SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical
instrnment.
SPUNK, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.
SPUNKIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.
SPUNKIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.
_To_ SPUNK-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or
brought to light.
STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.
STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.
STAMMACK, _s._ the stomach.
_To_ STAMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.
STAMREL, _adj._ half-witted.
STANE, _s._ a stone.
_To_ STANG, _v. a._ to sting.
STANG, _s._ a long pole.
STANK, _s._ a ditch with a slow running stream or stagnant
water.
_To_ STAP, _v. a._ to stop; to cram; to fill.
_To_ STAW, _v. n._ to surfeit.
STAY, STEY, _adj._ step.
STEAD, STEADING, _s._ a farm house.
_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ to shut.
_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._ to meddle with.
STEEVE, _adj._ firm, relating to a bargain made; sometimes
used for obstinate.
_To_ STEIK, _v. a._ to stitch.
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