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

Isl. skop-a, discurrere.

Scoup-hole, s. A subterfuge.
Cleland.

Scouppar, Skouper, s.
1. A dancer.
Knox.
2. A light unsettled person.
Polwart.

SCOUR, s. The diarrhoea, whether in man or beast, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

To SCOUR out, v. a. To drink off, S.

A metaph. use of the E. v.

J. Nicol.

To SCOURGE the ground, to exhaust the strength of the soil, S.
Stat. Acc.

To SCOUT, v. a.
1. To pour forth any liquid substance forcibly, S.
J. Nicol.
2. v. n. To fly off quickly, S.
Ibid.

Su. G. skiut-a, jaculare.