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

Fr. escur-er, to scour.

2. An idle vagrant.
Ruddiman.

SCUSHIE, s. A cant term for money, Aberd.
Shirrefs.

SCUSIS, pl. Excuses.
Burel.

Ital. scusa, an excuse.

SCUTARDE, s. One who has lost the power of retention.
V. [Scout].
Dunbar.

To SCUTCH, v. a.
1. To beat.
Baillie.
2. To scutch lint, to separate flax from the rind, S.

Ital. scutic-are, id. E. scotch.

To SCUTLE, v. a. To pour from one vessel to another, often including the idea of spilling, S.

Isl. gutl-a, liquida moveo, et agito cum sonitu.