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 SCRALL, v. n. To crawl.
Hudson.

To SCRAPE, v. n. To express scorn, Fife.
V. [Scorp].

SCRAPIE, s. A miser, S.

To SCREED, SKREED, v. a.
1. To rend, S.
Ross.
2. To defame.
Morison.

Isl. skrida, ruina montium; skridn-a, lacerari.

3. To talk frequently and facetiously, S.
Farmer's Ha.

Screed, Skreed, s.
1. The act of rending, S.
2. The sound made in rending, S.
3. Any loud shrill sound, S.
J. Nicol.
4. The thing that is torn off, S.
5. A dissertation, a harangue, S.
Glenburnie.
6. A long list or catalogue, S.
Beattie.
7. A hard bout at drinking, S.
8. Regarding immorality in general.
Burns.

To Screed aff, v. a. To do any thing quickly, S.
Ferguson.

SCREG, s. A cant term for a shoe, S.

To SCREIGH, SKREIGH, v. n. To shriek, S.
Ramsay.