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V. ~Skail~.

SCALKT, _pret. v._ Bedaubed.

V. ~Skaik~.

_Dunbar._

SCALLIARD, _s._ A stroke, W. Loth.

Isl. _skell-a_, to strike, _skell-r_, a stroke.

SCALP, SCAWP, _s._

1. Land of which the soil is very thin, S.

_Ramsay._

A metaph. use of E. _scalp_.

2. A bed of oysters or muscles, S.

_Sibbald._

~Scalpy~, ~Scaupy~, _adj._ Having thinness of soil, S.

_To_ SCAM, _v. a._ To scorch, S.

V. ~Skaumit~.

SCAMP, _s._ A cheat, a swindler, Loth. Perths;

Teut. _schamp-en_, to slip aside.

_To_ SCANSE, SKANCE, _v. n._

1. To s.h.i.+ne, to make a great show.

_Ferguson._

Su. G. _skin-a_, splendere.

2. To make a great shew in conversation, S. B.

3. To magnify in narration, S. B.