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Sowel
Soul
 

spail
splinter; shaving
 

Special
a commercial beer
 

specks
spectacles
 

speir
ask; investigate; ask in marriage; inquiry; investigation
 

speldrin
gutted, split and dried (or smoked) fish
 

Spent
Worn out
 

speug
sparrow
 

spital
hospice; hospital
 

spleuchan
purse; tobacco pouch
 

splore
frolic; carouse; prank; exploit; outing
 

Sponny
Unbelievably lucky
 

sporan molach
hairy purse worn with the kilt.
 

sporran
man?s purse, worn around the waist.
 

spring
cheerful tune; reel
 

spuin
spoon
 

spurtle
wooden spoon
 

spurtle
porridge stick
 

spurtle
wooden spoon
 

Square go
An even fight / fight without weapons
 

stane
stone
 

Stane
Stone
 

stank
drain
 

Stank
Drain
 

Stank monster
Ugly person
 

stap
stop; step
 

Stappit Fu
Full right up
 

starn
star; pupil of eye
 

Staun
Stand
 

staun
stand; last; afford; goods stall
 

staw
dislike; disgust
 

steading
a farm building which combines stables and a dairy
 

Steamboats
Drunk
 

Steamin
Drunk
 

steir
stir; disturb; fuss; disturbance
 

stell
still for distillation
 

stell-net
salmon net on stakes
 

stert
start
 

stertle
startle
 

stey
steep
 

stick in
persist
 

stirup-dram
parting drink
 

Stoap
Stop
 

stoat
bounce
 

stoat
bounce (heavy rain is said to stoat off the ground)
 

Stoat
Bounce
 

Stoated
Pissed out yer nut
 

Stoater
Very pretty girl
 

Stoater
A Sound Person, a person who's okay
 

Stoating
Very good
 

Stoatter
Clever play on words
 

Stoaturs
Very good / Very pretty girls
 

Stocky
Big built (person)
 

stoit/stoiter
reel; stagger
 

stonach
a large brown glazed earthenware marble
 

Stone of Destiny
also known as the Coronation Stone. A block of sandstone, originally it was at the Abbey of Scone. Kenneth MacAlpin, the first King of Scots, was seated on the stone for his coronation ceremony around 847. From then until 1292, when John Baillol was crowned king, the Scottish king sat upon the stone for his coronation. In 1296 the Stone was captured by Edward I of England and removed to Westminister Abbey. The stone was fitted into the old wooden chair. This chair came to be called St. Edward's Chair. From the coronation of Edward II onward, following the custom in Scotland, the English sovereigns sat upon the stone to be crowned. In 1950, a group of Scottish students removed the Stone from Westminster Abbey. Their plan was to return it to Scotland. They accidentally broke it into two pieces. They smuggled both pieces north into Scotland. A Glasgow politician arranged for it to be professionally repaired by a stonemason. After four months the stone was left on the altar of Arbroath Abbey. The Stone was then returned to Westminster Abbey. In 1996 the British government returned the Stone to Scotland. It now sits in Edinburgh Castle. Many Scotsmen feel this is not really a returning, as the castle is the military headquarters of the British Army in Scotland. There is an understanding that the stone will be taken to Westminister Abbey whenever needed for a British coronation.
 

stone-thrust
a small pier or quay
 

Stooky
Plaster cast ie. for broken limb
 

stoor
dust
 

Stoor
Dust
 

stop
dwell; remain; lodge
 

Stoshus
Very drunk
 

stotter
move unsteadily
 

stoun
ache; throb
 

stour
dust
 

stourie
dusty
 

stourie
dusty; stormy
 

stowlins
secretly; staethily
 

strae
straw
 

stramash
commotion or argument
 

stramash
smash; fuss; squabble; brawl
 

stramash
commotion
 

Stramash
Argument or fight
 

strang
strong
 

stravaig
wander about
 

streitch
stretch; distance; extent; spell; turn
 

stushie
squabble; tumult
 

styte
balderdash; nonsence
 

subscribent
subscriber
 

Suddron/ Suthron
the English language; English; southern
 

suithfast
true; faithful
 

surname
last name, usually derived from the father.
 

Swadger
Sweets
 

Swagger
A motion of moving arms
 

swalla/swallie
swallow, the bird
 

Swallied
Swollowed
 

Swamp Donkey
Unattractive Woman
 

Swankin
Joking
 

swatch
a glimpse
 

Swatch
Look
 

swythe
speedy; speedily
 

sybie
a spring onion
 

syke
ditch; gutter; stream that drys up in the summer
 

syne
rinse ; wash superficially
 

syne doun
wash down food with drink
 

sypit
soaked
 

syver
a drain; a gutter; a sink
 

Tackety Boot
A heavy boot with studs.
 

Tadger
Penis
 

tae
toe; tine