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

SCULL, s. A shallow basket, S.
V. [Skul].
Stat. Acc.

To SCULT, SKULT, v. a. To beat with the palm of the hand, S.

Isl. skell, skellde, diverbero palmis.

SCUM, s. A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.

SCUMFIT, part. pa. Discomfited.

Ital. sconfigg-ere, id.

Wallace.

SCUNCHEON, s. A stone forming a projecting angle, S.

Germ. schantse, E. sconce, q. a bulwark.

To SCUNNER, SCOUNER, v. n.
1. To lothe, S.
Cleland.
2. To surfeit, S. B.
3. To shudder at any thing.
Pitscottie.
4. To hesitate from scrupulosity of mind.
Wodrow.
5. To shrink back from fear.
Barbour.