Sawney, or SANDY, a Scotchman. Corruption of Alexander.
Sawney, a simpleton; a gaping, awkward lout.
Sawney, bacon. Sawney Hunter, one who steals bacon.
Scab, a worthless person.—Old. Shakspeare uses “scald” in a similar sense.
Scab-raiser, a drummer in the army, so called from one of the duties formerly pertaining to that office, viz., inflicting corporal punishment on the soldiers.—Military.
Scabby neck, a native of Denmark.—Sea.
Scabby-sheep, epithet applied by the vulgar to a person who has been in questionable society, or under unholy influence, and become tainted. Also a mean disreputable fellow.
Scaldrum dodge, a dodge in use among begging impostors of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to suit the hues and complexions of any accident to be deplored by a confiding public.
Scaly, shabby, or mean. Perhaps anything which betokens the presence of the “Old Serpent,” or it may be a variation of “fishy.”
Scamander, to wander about without a settled purpose;—possibly in allusion to the winding course of the Homeric river of that name.