Scruple. To squeak or creak. 'When the leather gets old-like, he sort o' dries up, an' then he do scruple—he do scricele, Sir!' i.e. the saddle squeaks. Cf. Scroop.—N.W. (Wroughton.)
Scuff about or along. To drag one's feet awkwardly, as in too large slippers; to 'scuff up' the dust, as children do for amusement, by dragging a foot along the road.—N. & S.W.
Scuffle. An oven-swab.—S.W.
Scythe. The various parts of the scythe are as follows in N. Wilts:—Snead, or Snaith, the pole; Nibs, the two handles; Pole-ring, the ring which secures the blade; Quinnets (1) the wedges which hold the rings of the nibs tight, *(2) the rings themselves (A.); Crew, the tang of the blade, secured by the pole-ring to the snead.
Seed-lip. The box in which the sower carries his seed (D.) (Village Miners). A.S. léap, basket, Icel. laupr.—N. & S.W. Misprinted Seed-tip in Davis.
Seer! or Sire! 'I say, look here!' a very usual mode of opening a conversation when the parties are some distance apart.—N. & S.W.
Seg, Sig. Urine.—S.W.
Seg-cart. The tub on wheels in which urine is collected from house to house for the use of the cloth mills.—S.W.
Sewent, Shewent, Suant. (1) adj. Even, regular (A.B.C.S.), working smoothly. Formerly used all over the county, but now growing obsolete, although it is not infrequently heard still in S. Wilts. O.Fr. suant, pr. part. of suivre, to follow.—N. & S.W.