*Ruddock. Sylvia rubecula, Robin Redbreast. In common use at Warminster, though unknown a few miles away.—S.W.
*Rumpled-skein. Add:—Used of a tradesman's books, when badly kept and hard to balance.—N.W. (Glouc. bord.)
Sankers, Shankers, or Sinkers. Stockings without feet.—N.W. See The Scouring of the White Horse, ch. vi. p. 128.
Sar. Add:—*(3) To earn. See note on Akerman, in Ellis's English Dialects, p. 29.
Scrinchet. A scrap of food, a shred of stuff, &c.—N.W. (Huish.)
Scroop. (1) n. A saving or miserly person.—N.W. (2) v. To save up, to screw and scrape.—N.W.
Seed-furrow. See Ploughing terms.
Serve. See Sar.
Shacketty. Ricketty, shaky.—N.W.
*Shackle. The straw covering of a hive. A sibilated form of Hackle, q.v.—S.W. (Deverill.)