An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SCAPE, s. A bee-hive.
V. [Skepp].

SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, s.
1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from which the sward has been washed down by rains, Loth.; also, skard.
Lay Last Minstr.
2. A cliff, Ayrs.
Burns.

Su. G. skaer, rupes, C. B. esgair, a ridge.

SCARCHT, s. A hermaphrodite, S. Scart.

A. S. scritta, id.

Pitscottie.

SCARF, s. The corvorant; also, the shag, Orkn.
V. [Scart].
Barry.

SCARMUS, s.. A skirmish.
Bellenden.

Ital. scarramuccia, L. B. scaramutia.

SCARPENIS, s. pl. Pumps; Fr. escarpines.
Maitland P.