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

Su. G. skopa, Arm. scob, haustrum.

SKUG, SCUG, SCOUG, s.
1. A shade, what defends from the heat, S.
Doug.
2. A shelter from storm, S.
Spalding.
3. Protection, S.
Pop. Ball.
4. Metaph. applied to ghosts, in relation to the place of their residence.
Douglas.
5. A pretence, a cloak, S.
Mellvill's MS.

Su.G. skugga, umbra; skyggd, tegmen.

To Skug, v. a.
1. To shade, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. Isl. skygg-a, obumbrare.

2. To shelter, to skreen, S.
3. To skoog a shower, to seek shelter from it, S. B.
4. In a moral sense, to expiate.
Minstr. Bord.

To Skug, Scoug, v. n. To flee for shelter.
Ferguson.

Skuggy, adj. Shady.
Ruddiman.

Skugry, s. In skugry, under covert.
Henrysone.

SKUL, SKULL, SKOLL, s.
1. A goblet or large bowl, for containing liquor.
Douglas.
2. The salutation of one who is present, or the respect paid to an absent person, by expressing a wish for his health, when one is about to drink.
Cromarty.