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

SERVITE, SERVYTE, s. A table napkin, S.
Spalding.

Fr. serviette, Teut. servett, id.

SESSION, SESSIOWN, s. The consistory, or parochial eldership in Scotland, S.
Knox.

Sessioner, s. A member of the session or consistory.
Wodrow.

To SET, v. a. To lease, S.
Wyntown.

Set, s. A lease, S.
Spotswood.

Setter, s. One who lets out any thing for hire, S.
Baillie.

To SET, v. a.
1. To beset.
Wyntown.
2. To lay snares.
Douglas.

Su. G. Isl. saett-a, insidias struere.

Set, s. A gin or snare.
Barbour.