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

To SCOMFICE, SCONFICE, v. a.
1. To suffocate, S.
Ross.
2. v. n. To be stifled, S.
Ibid.

Ital. sconfigg-ere, to discomfit.

SCON, s. A cake.
V. [Skon].

To SCONCE, v. a. To extort, Ang.

To SCONE, v. a. To beat with the open hand, S.
Ruddiman.

Isl. skoyn-a, Su. G. sken-a, leviter vulnerare.

SCOPIN, s. A quart-vessel.
V. [Scoup], v.
Dunbar.

SCOREY, a. The brown and white gull. Orkn.
V. [Scaurie].
Barry.

To SCORN, v. a. To rally a young woman, by pretending that such a one is in suit of her. S.
Ritson.

Scorning, s. Rallying of this kind, S.