SCOPE – NOUNS
– scope, room, freedom, liberty to range SCOUTH; SCOWTH 1742 Sc.
SCORCH, SCORCHED, SCORCHING – ADJECTIVES
– ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched …1550
– ADUSTED scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched …1550 obs.
– ADUSTIVE burning, scorching, fiery …1633 obs.
– BIRSLED dried, scorched by fire or sun …1822 Sc.
SCORCH etc. – NOUNS
– ABC scorch marks on one’s legs …1920s Irish sl.
– ADUSTION the state of being burnt, or scorched; parched dryness …1559 obs.
– ADUSTION the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching …1594 obs.
– ADUSTNESS scorching heat, the state of being scorched …1652 obs. rare
– BIRSLIN’ a scorching …Bk1911 Sc.
– SCAM a burn, singe, scorch, or the mark of such …1808 Sc.
– SCAUM a burn, scorch; a mark caused by burning or singeing …1813 Sc.
– SCOUDER; SCOWDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting …1773 Sc.
– SCOUTHER; SCOWTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting …1773 Sc.
SCORCH etc. – VERBS
– ADURE to burn completely; to scorch, to parch …c1420 obs.
– ADUST to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat …1550 obs.
– BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat …Bk1911 Sc.
– BYSWELT to burn, to scorch …c1420 obs. rare
– SCAM of cloth, skin, cakes, etc.: to burn slightly; to scorch, to singe with dry heat …1746 Sc.
– SCAUM to burn, to scorch, to singe …1838 Sc.
– SCOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc.
– SCORGE to scorch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCORKLE to scorch …c1374 obs. rare
– SCOTCH to scorch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOUDER, SCOWDER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOUTHER, SCOWTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc.
– SCRANT to scorch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAP to burn, to scorch …1867 Eng. dial.
– SCRAWL to scorch, to cook anything too much …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMPLE to shrivel with fierce heat, to scorch …a1572 obs. rare
– SCRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SCROACH to scorch …1720 Sc.
– SKOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SKRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SMITCH 1626 chiefly Eng. dial. – to blacken, esp. with smoke; to scorch; to make dirty; to mark
– SQUARKEN to burn or scorch; to burn in roasting …1530 obs. rare
SCORE – NOUNS
– a score, an account TAIL a1325 obs.
SCORE – VERBS
– to make a perfect score on a school or college test; to score an ‘A’ on an exam ACE; ACE IT; ACE OUT 1950s US sl.
SCORED – ADJECTIVES
– scored, cut, marked TALLIED c1440 obs.
SCORN, SCORNED, SCORNFUL, SCORNFULLY – ADJECTIVES
– ABAFELLED treated scornfully or indignantly …17C obs.
– BABIST scoffed at, scorned …B1700 Sc.
– DEIGNOUS disdainful, proud, haughty, scornful …c1330 obs.
– FASTIDIOUS full of pride; disdainful; scornful …c1440 obs.
– LUDIBRIOUS full of scorn, inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking …1641 rare
– MOCKRIFE scornful, mocking …1818 Sc.
– NARGIE jeering, scornful …1825 Sc.
– REVURE having a look of calm scorn or contempt …Bk1904 Sc.
– SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule …1638
– SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule …1859
– SAUCY scornful, disdainful …1716 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SCORNSUM scornful …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCORNY scornful …1836 Eng. dial.
– SNIFFY scornful, disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding …1871 sl.
SCORN etc. – ADVERBS
– HATELY fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully …c1000 obs.
SCORN etc. – NOUNS
– BISMER shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn …c893 obs.
– BYSCORN contempt, scorn …1387 obs. rare
– CUCKING-STOOL a seat where social offenders were placed in order to receive public scorn …14C
– DEDIGNATION disdain, scorn, contempt …c1400 obs.
– FASTIDIE scorn, disdain, contempt …1538 obs. rare
– GECK a gesture of derision; an expression of scorn or contempt …1500-20 chiefly Sc.
– LAITH loathing, despite, scorn …1882 Sc.
– SCAN scorn, disrespect …1877 Eng. dial.
– SCAUM an appearance of scorn; scornfully abusive language …1877 Eng. dial.
– SUBSANNATION mockery, derision, scorn …1620 obs.
– UPBRIXLE reproach, scorn; an object of reproach …c1200 obs.
SCORN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BISMER a person worthy of scorn; a disgraceful or lewd person; a pander or bawd …a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
– GABBER a liar; a deceiver; also, a scornful or mocking person …a1325 obs.
– GECKER a mocker, a scorner …1916 Sc.
– MOWER a person who makes a face; a jester, a mocker, a scorner …1440 obs.
– TARGET a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like …1757
SCORN etc. – VERBS
– ARRIDE to smile at, to laugh at, to scorn …1612 obs.
– BABISH to scoff at, to scorn; to treat with contempt as mere children …c1460 obs.
– BISMER to treat with scorn, to mock, to deride, to insult …c1000 obs.
– BYSCORN to cover with scorn …c1386 obs.
– CATAMIDIATE to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame …1656 obs.
– DECACHINNATE to scorn …1623 obs.
– DEDIGNE to disdain, to scorn …1623 obs.
– GECK to toss the head, as in scorn; to look proudly …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GECK UP THE HEAD to toss the head, as in scorn; to look proudly …1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LOOK DOWN ONE’S NOSE to show disdain or scorn …1921
– PISS ALL OVER to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate …1986 sl.
– PISS ON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate …1951 sl.
– PISS ON FROM A GREAT HEIGHT to humiliate; to show great scorn towards …1987 sl.
– PISS UPON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate …a1625 sl.
– SCRAPE to express scorn and derision …Bk1904 Sc.
– SHOOT OUT THE LIP to show scorn by protruding one’s lip; to treat with derision or contempt …1826
– SNOUCH to snub; to treat scornfully …1761 obs.
– SUBSANNATE to deride, to scorn, to mock …1656 obs.
– SUBSANNE to deride, to scorn, to mock …a1619 obs.
– THARN to mock, to scorn …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– TURN UP ONE’S NOSE to show disdain or scorn …1721
SCORPION – NOUNS
– ALACRAN a scorpion …1844 Amer. dial.
– ALACRANY a scorpion …1844 Amer. dial.
– ALICRAN a scorpion …1844 Amer. dial.
– BITIES a collective term for spiders, snakes, scorpions, etc. …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– SANTAPEE a scorpion …1950 Amer. dial.
– SCAR-BECK a rock-bound stream …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCORRIPIN a scorpion …1909 Amer. dial.
– SCRONCHER a scorpion …1950 Amer. dial.
– TEXAS STRONGBACK a scorpion …1984 Amer. dial.
SCOT, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH – ADJECTIVES
– ABERDONIAN pert. to Aberdeen …19C
– CALEDONIAN of ancient Caledonia; of Scotland …1656
– GALLOVIDIAN belonging to Galloway …1824 Sc.
– GALLOWEGIAN belonging to Galloway …a1872 Sc.
– GALWEGIAN belonging to Galloway …1870
– LALLAN belonging to the Lowlands of Scotland …1706 Sc.
– MCTAVISH Scottish …1967 Amer. dial.
– ORCADIAN pert. to Orkney …1821
– SCOTTO Scottish …2000 UK sl.
– SCOTTY Scottish, bred in Scotland …1751 Sc. obs.
– SCOTTY markedly or forthrightly Scottish in outlook or manner …1892 Sc.
SCOT etc. – NOUNS
– AULD REEKY a name given to Edinburgh because of the cloud of smoke that overhang the old town …1721 Sc.
– AULD REIKIE the old town and subsequently the whole town of Edinburgh …L18
– BACK-SHORE the west coast of Scotland on the North Channel …1905 Sc.
– BAWBEE a Scotch coin of base silver equivalent originally to three, and afterwards to six, pennies of Scotch money, about a halfpenny of English coin; hence, later, a halfpenny, a ‘copper’ …1542 Sc.
– BON-ACCORD the city of Aberdeen; that city’s motto …Bk1911 Sc.
– CALEDONIA the Roman name for Scotland
– CREENIE a name for a race of short, dark people living in the Rhinns of Galloway; used with an implication of contempt …1877 Sc. obs.
– FAIR CITY, THE Perth, Scotland …1827 Sc.
– GAELICALLY UTTER a Scottish accent, esp. when modified to move in snobbish English circles …L19 UK society sl.
– HAGGISLAND Scotland …L19 sl.
– ILL YEARS, THE a series of years of scarcity and hardship at the end of the 17th century …1699 Sc. obs.
– ITCHLAND Scotland …Bk1896 sl.
– LALLAN the Lowland Scotch dialect …1785 Sc.
– LALLANS the Lowlands of Scotland …1830 Sc.
– LAND OF CAKES Scotland, or the Scottish Lowlands, arising from the fact that oatcakes were an important item in the fare of the rural population …1669
– LAND OF KAIL Scotland, where broth is a national dish …1826 Sc.
– LAND OF THE THISTLE Scotland …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOUSE-LAND Scotland …1699 sl.
– MAIDEN TOWN Edinburgh …E18 sl.
– MARMALADE COUNTRY Scotland …L19 sl., orig. music hall usage
– NORTH BRITAIN 1707 US – Scotland
– OLD DIRTY a nickname for the town of Greenock …1889 Sc.
– OLD REEKIE the old town and subsequently the whole town of Edinburgh …L18
– REEKY a name given to Edinburgh because of the cloud of smoke that overhang the old town …1721 Sc.
– SCOTOPHOBIA an intense aversion or hostility towards Scotland, its people, or its culture …1828
– SCOTS the Scotch language …1790 Sc. obs.
– SCRATCHLAND Scotland …Bk1896 sl.
– TARTAN the Scottish Lowland or Highland dialect; Highland manners or customs …1827 Sc.
SCOT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ABERDONIAN a native or inhabitant of Aberdeen …c1650
– ABTHANE in Scottish hist: a senior thane (a person holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king’s barons) …a1525
– BACCALAUREAT at Glasgow University: a student in his third year …1927 Sc.
– BAIJAN; BAIJEN a first-year student at a Scottish university; no only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews …1708 Sc.
– BAJAN a freshman at the Scotch universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris …1642
– BEDELLUS a college janitor in St. Andrews and Glasgow …1927 Sc.
– BEJAN a freshman at the Scotch universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris …1642
– BEJANELLA a first-year lady student at Aberdeen University …1894 Sc.
– BEJANTINA a first-year woman student in Arts at St. Andrews University …1912 Sc.
– BEJANTINE a first-year woman student in Arts at St. Andrews University …1934 Sc.
– BEJAUNE a first-year student at a Scottish university; no only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews …1708 Sc.
– BEJAUNT a first-year student at a Scottish university; no only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews …1708 Sc.
– BEJEANT a freshman at the Scotch universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris …1642
– BERE-BAG a native or inhabitant of Scotland …1352 obs.
– BIDELLUS a college janitor in St. Andrews and Glasgow …1927 Sc.
– BIGENT a first-year student at a Scottish university; now only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews …1708 Sc.
– BLEEDY PUDDIN a nickname for an inhabitant of Stromness in Orkney …1903 Sc.
– BLOODY PUDDIN a nickname for an inhabitant of Stromness in Orkney …1903 Sc.
– BLUE-BONNET a Scotsman …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLUE MOGGANER a jocular term for a native of Peterhead, from the wearing of coarse blue stockings over boots …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAE-LAIRD a landowner on the southern slope of the Grampians …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAE-MAN a dweller on the southern slope of the Grampians …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUTTERY BENJIE a first-year student at some Scottish universities …1854 Sc. sl. obs.
– CAILLEACH an old Highland woman; a crone …E19 Sc.
– CALEDONIAN a native or inhabitant of Scotland …1768 now jocular or literary
– CANNYGOSHAN one who dwells in the Canongate, Edinburgh …1866 Sc. obs.
– DUINEWASSEL; DUNIWASSEL in the Scottish Highlands: a clansman of high rank, typically through having a familial connection to the chief; generally, a man of some status; a gentleman …c1600
– ELEMENTARIAN in Aberdeen Grammar School: a pupil in the beginners’ class …1710 Sc. obs.
– GABLE-ENDIE a local nickname for an inhabitant of Montrose …1889 Sc.
– GAEL a member of the Gaelic-speaking peoples inhabiting Scotland, and the Isle of Man; later also, a person of such heritage or descent …1684
– GALLOGLACH a personal attendant of a Highland chief, the armour-bearer …1703 Sc. obs.
– GALLOVIDIAN a native of Galloway …1824 Sc.
– GALWEGIAN an inhabitant or native of Galloway …1774
– GEORDIE a native of Scotland; a Scot …1867 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– GET a first-year or junior boy at the Edinburgh Royal High School or Edinburgh Academy; now also applied to junior members of various boys’ organizations in Edinburgh …1824 Sc.
– GHILLIE an attendant on a Highland chief; also, a Highlander …1705 Sc. hist.
– GHILLIE a person who attends someone on a fishing or hunting expedition, esp. in the Scottish Highlands …1832
– GILLIE a male servant, esp. an attendant on a Highland chief; a Highlander …1705 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE a sportsman’s attendant in shooting or fishing, now generally in angling, in the Highlands …1823 Sc.
– GILLIE-CASFLUE a servant responsible for carrying a Highland chief across a ford, stream, etc. …1754 hist. rare
– GILLIE-CASFLUICH a servant responsible for carrying a Highland chief across a ford, stream, etc. …1754 hist. rare
– GILLIE-COIS a henchman, a chief’s attendant …1896 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE-COMSTRIAN an attendant to leads the chief’s horse in difficult places …Bk1900 Sc.
– GILLIE-MORE the servant who carried the Chief’s armour …1832 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE-WET-FOOT a term of contempt used by Lowlanders for a follower of a Highland chief, esp. a servant who carries the chief across a ford, stream, etc.; also, a worthless, contemptuous person …1681 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE-WET-FOOT a bare-footed Highland lad …Bk1900 Sc.
– GILLIE-WHITE-FOOT a term of contempt used by Lowlanders for a follower of Highland chief, esp. a servant who carries the chief across a ford, stream, etc.; also, a worthless, contemptuous person …1681 Sc. obs.
– GILLON-A-NAILLIE literally, “the lads with the kilt”; Highlanders …1825 Sc.
– GILL-PIES tight girls, looking out for husbands …Bk1876 Sc.
– GILLY a male servant, esp. an attendant on a Highland chief; a Highlander …1705 Sc. obs.
– GLASGOWEGIAN an inhabitant or native of Glasgow …1833
– GLASWEGIAN a native or inhabitant of Glasgow …1817
– GLESCA KEELIE a term, generally contemptuous, applied to a male Glaswegian of the rougher sort …1933 Sc.
– GLUNE-AMIE a Lowland name for a Highlander …1737 Sc. obs.
– GLUNIMIE a Lowland name for a Highlander …1737 Sc. obs.
– GLUNYIEMAN a Lowland name for a Highlander …1737 Sc. obs.
– GYTE a contemptuous term for a child; a brat; a first-year pupil in the Edinburgh High School …1825 Sc.
– HADDIE a nickname for an Aberdonian …1920 Sc.
– HAGGIS a Scottish person …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– HAIRY a young woman living in the slums of Glasgow who habitually goes about without a hat …1935 Sc. obs.
– ITCHLANDER a Scot …1785 sl.
– JOCK a Scotsman …1788 sl.
– KAIL-SIPPER one who is fond of broth; a nickname given to the people of Fife …1765 Sc.
– KAIL-SUPPER one who is fond of broth; a nickname given to the people of Fife …1765 Sc.
– KALE-SUPPER one who is fond of broth; a name given to the Fifeshire people from their noted love of broth …1816 Sc.
– KILLIN-KITE a nickname for an inhabitant of Colvend in Kirkcudbrightshire …1905 Sc.
– LIBERTINE 1757 Sc. obs. – in King’s College, Aberdeen: a student who had no bursary or scholarship
– LOWLANDER a native or inhabitant of the Lowlands of Scotland …1621
– MAC an Irishman or Scotsman …1617 sl.
– MACK a Scottish man …18C sl.
– MCTAVISH a person of Scottish background …1967 Amer. dial.
– MERRY DANCERS a nickname for the inhabitants of Stenness in Orkney …1931 Sc.
– MORAVE a native or inhabitant of Moray, in Scotland …a1600 Sc. obs. rare
– MORAVIAN a native or inhabitant of Moray, in Scotland …1577 rare
– MORMAOR in ancient Scotland: a high steward of a province …1807 Sc. hist.
– MOSSER a moss-trooper; a member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th century, carried out raids across the ‘mosses’ of the Scottish Border; a Border pillager or freebooter …1651 Sc. rare
– MOSS-TROOPER a member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th century, carried out raids across the ‘mosses’ of the Scottish Border; a Border pillager or freebooter …1645 orig. Sc.
– OATMEAL PARTY Scotsmen …L19 Royal Navy colloq.
– OATMEAL SAVAGE a Scotsman …1954 Can. sl.
– ORCADIAN a native or inhabitant of Orkney …1661
– PALANTINE a jocular term applied, after their return to Scotland, to the young men or boys kidnapped in the early 19th century, and shipped to America as slaves …1838 Sc. obs.
– PALATINE a jocular term applied, after their return to Scotland, to the young men or boys kidnapped in the early 19th century, and shipped to America as slaves …1838 Sc. obs.
– RED-SHANK a term of contempt for a Highlander; a bare-legged person …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SAND-CLEEK a nickname for an Aberdonian …1950 Sc.
– SANDIE; SANDY a nickname for a Scotchman …1473
– SAWNEY a derisive name for a Scotchman …a1704 colloq.
– SCARF a nickname for an inhabitant of Eday in Orkney …1883 Sc.
– SCHEMIE a person who lives on a Scottish ‘scheme’ or council estate …20C sl.
– SCOT a Scotchman as distinguished from a Shetlander …1900 Sc.
– SCOTCHMAN a Scotsman …1998 UK sl.
– SCOTLING a young Scot, a Scottish child …1787 Sc.
– TAMMIE-FUD a nickname for a native of Freswick …1972 Sc.
– TARTAN a Highlander, one who wears tartan …1817
– TAY WATER WILLIE an inhabitant of Dundee …1927 Sc.
– TERI a native of Hawick, Scotland …1892 Sc.
– TERTIAN at a Scottish university: a student of the third session …Bk1905 Sc.
– TORN-HATTIE a native of Brechin in Angus; generally used derisively by the people of the neighbouring town of Montrose …1931 Sc.
– YACHIE a Highlander …1859 Sc.
– YANTER a local name given to a person living in Nether Buckie, on the west side of the Buckie Burn in Banffshire …1887 Sc.
– YELLOW-BEAK at some Scottish universities: a first-year student …1865 Sc. obs.
– YELLOW-NEB at some Scottish universities: a first-year student …1879 Sc. obs.
– YIRN a nickname for a native of Orphir parish in Orkney …1908 Sc.
– YOLTY a nickname for a first-year student at Aberdeen University …1833 Sc.
– YOULLIE a nickname for a native of Aukengill in Caithness …1972 Sc.
– YOUNG LAIRD the eldest son or heir of a ‘laird’ …1899 Sc.
– ZETLANDER a native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands …1614
SCOT etc. – VERBS
– SCOTIFY to translate into Scotch …1787 Sc. obs.
SCOTLAND YARD – NOUNS
– Scotland Yard KREMLIN 1966 UK sl.
SCOUNDREL, SCOUNDRELLY – ADJECTIVES
– SCOONERAL scoundrelly, rascally …1844 Sc.
SCOUNDREL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BADDIE; BADDY a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc. …1934 colloq., orig. US
– BAD EGG a rogue, a villain, a scoundrel, a rascal, a worthless fellow …1847 sl., orig. US
– BAD HAT – a scoundrel, a ne’er-do-well; a rogue; an untrustworthy person; a troublemaker; a habitual brawler; a dangerous individual …1831 sl.
– BADLING a low scoundrel; a worthless fellow; a scamp; also, a naughty child …1818 Sc. obs.
– BADLYNG a low scoundrel; a wicked fellow …c1600 Sc.
– BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel …1843 Anglo-Indian
– BARNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper …1532 obs.
– BERNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper …1532 obs.
– BEZONIAN a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave; a rascal; a scoundrel …1611 obs.
– BLACK a scoundrel …Bk1825 Sc.
– BLACKGUARD a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough; an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium …1732
– BLACK SHEEP a failure; a scoundrel; an outcast; a disreputable member of a family or group …1640
– BLAICK a scoundrel …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOINARD a fool, a simpleton; a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a low person; a term of reproach …a1300 obs.
– BUDMASH a bad, worthless fellow; a scoundrel …1870 Anglo-Indian
– CATAIAN a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper …1598 obs.
– CAYNARD a lazy fellow, a sluggard; a worthless fellow, a rascal, a scoundrel; a term of reproach …1303 obs.
– CULLION a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal …1575 obs.
– CUSTRON an assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion; also, a term of abuse, a man of low birth or status; a knave, a rogue, a scoundrel …c1400 arch.
– DAGGA ROOKER a scoundrel; a wastrel …c1910 S. Afr. sl.
– DINGO a contemptuous term for a person; a cheat, a scoundrel, a traitor, a coward …1928 Aust. sl.
– FEATHERED SNAKE a clever scoundrel …1930 Amer. dial.
– FLABERGUDGION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch; a scoundrel …1611 obs.
– FLABERGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch; a scoundrel …1611 obs.
– GRAND RASCAL a scoundrel; a cheat, a confidence man …1929 Amer. dial.
– HOLOUR a fornicator, a whoremonger, an adulterer; a debauchee, rake, ribald, scoundrel …c1230 obs.
– HOUNDSFOOT a scoundrel; a rascal; a worthless fellow; a term of contempt …1710 obs.
– LIMMER a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a scoundrel …1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LOREL a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel …1362 obs.
– LOSEL a worthless person, a scoundrel, a cheat …1806 Amer. dial.
– MINK a scoundrel …1900 US sl.
– PALLIARD a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person …1567 arch.
– PARDONER a term of reproach, a scoundrel, a villain, a cheat …c1700 obs.
– RACK-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake …1554 now arch.
– RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake …1554 now arch.
– RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake …a1762
– RAKEL a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake …1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAMPALLIAN a ruffian, a scoundrel, a villain …L16
– RAMPALLION a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal …1593 obs.
– ROTTEN EGG a rogue, a villain, a scoundrel, a rascal, a worthless fellow …1847 sl., orig. US
– SCAB a term of abuse; a mean, low scurvy fellow; an unpleasant or despicable man; a mean or contemptible person; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue …1590
– SCANDAL a scoundrel, a rascal …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCAPEGALLOWS a dedicated villain who has (so far) escaped the gallows; a scoundrel; a rascal …1799
– SCELLUM; SCHELLAM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain …1611 arch.
– SCOUFF a male jilt; a low scoundrel …1898 Sc.
– SCRAPEGALLOWS a scoundrel, a rascal …1946 Amer. dial.
– SCROYLE a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt …1595 obs.
– SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person …1934 Amer. dial.
– SKELLUM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain …1611 arch.
– SKELM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain …1611 arch.
– SNEAKSBY a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak …1580 rare
– STRETCH-HALTER a scoundrel; one who badly needs a hanging …1604 sl.
– STRETCH-HEMP a scoundrel; one who badly needs a hanging …Bk1904 sl.
– SUCCUBUS a thieving hanger-on; a scoundrel …1700 sl.
– TAISTREL a rascal; a scoundrel; a good-for-nothing; a worthless or disorderly person; a peevish character; a contemptible person; a term of great contempt …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– TITIVIL a term of reproach; a bad or vile character; a scoundrel, villain; a worthless knave …c1420 obs.
– TITIVILLER a bad or vile character, a scoundrel, a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a villain …1500 obs. rare
– TOWN SHIFT a scoundrel, esp. a card-sharp …M17 sl.
– TUTIVILLER a wicked, destructive, or difficult person, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave; a person who gossips, spreads rumours, or tells tales, a tattler …1568 obs., derogatory
– VARLET a person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a worthless person, a scoundrel; a knave, a rogue, a rascal …1555
– VARMINT a bothersome person; a scoundrel; an annoying person …1773
– VILIACO a vile or contemptible person; a villain, a scoundrel, a coward …1599 obs.
– WARLO a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate …a1508 Sc.
– WARLOCK a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate; a general term of reproach or abuse …a1000 obs.
– WARLOT a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel …1584 Sc.
– WIDDIEFOO; WIDDIEFOW; WIDDIEFU; WIDDYFU one fit to fill a hangman’s noose; a gallows-bird; a scoundrel; a scamp, a rogue, a mischievous person, a romp; a person of small stature and short temper …1721 Sc.
– YELLOW DOG a contemptible person; a scoundrel; a term of disparagement …1881 US sl.
– YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent …1785 sl.
– ZHULIK a faker, a scoundrel …Bk1982 Jewish
SCOUR, SCOURING – NOUNS
– the act of scouring off OFFSCOURING 1896 rare
SCOUR etc. – VERBS
– to scour off OFFSCOUR 1578 rare
– to scour or rub with force and energy; to purge SCRINGE 1816 Sc. obs.
– to scour, to scrub SCURRIFUNGE 1789 Eng. dial.
SCOURGE, SCOURGING – ADJECTIVES
– MASTIGOPHORIC that carries a scourge, scourge-bearing …1816
– MASTIGOPHOROUS that carries a scourge, scourge-bearing …1812
SCOURGE etc. – NOUNS
– VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging; also, a blow or stroke …c1730
SCOURGE etc. – VERBS
– BALEISE to beat, to flog, to whip, to scourge …1876 Eng. dial.
– BELLISE to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge …1865 Eng. dial.
– DIGHT to beat, to thrash, to scourge …BK1900 Sc.
– JERK to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch …1550 obs.
– SCREEGE to scourge …1863 Sc.
– SCRINGE to scourge, to flog …1790 Sc.
SCOURING PAD – NOUNS
– CHAIN DISHCLOTH a scouring pad made of small interconnected links …1966 Amer. dial.
– CHAIN DISHRAG a scouring pad made of small interconnected links …1966 Amer. dial.
– CHAIN SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHAIN SCRUBBER a scouring pad made of small interconnected links …1966 Amer. dial.
– DISH SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– IRON DISHCLOTH a metal scouring pad (of interlocking metal rings) used to scour pots …1967 Amer. dial.
– IRON DISHRAG a metal scouring pad (of interlocking metal rings) used to scour pots …1955 Amer. dial.
– METAL SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– METAL SPONGE the rough metal pad used to scour pots and pans …1965 Amer. dial.
– PAN SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– POT SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCRATCH PAD a scouring pad …1957 Amer. dial.
– WASH SCRATCHER a scouring pad …1965 Amer. dial.
SCOUT, SCOUTING – NOUNS
– OUT PARTY 1756 US – a scouting party
SCOUT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– AFORERIDER the advance guard of an army, scouts …a1525
– BIRD DOG one who seeks, scouts, or spies for another; esp. a carrier of tales; one who runs errands or performs similar tasks; one paid to direct potential customers to a business …1929 US sl.
– DING TEAM a scout and sniper working together …1991 US sl.
– GIDDY (GOUT) a boy scout …Bk1919 Aust. rhyming sl.
– HARKENER; HEARKENER an eavesdropper; a scout …1549 obs.
– SHOWER a person who looks out or observes; an observer; a scout; a watchman; also, a person who makes an inspection or examination of something …a1225 obs.
– VANQUERER a scout …1579 obs.
– WAIT a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal …a1300 obs.
– WAITER an observer in secret; a scout, a spy …1471 obs.
SCOWL, SCOWLING, SCOWLINGLY – ADJECTIVES
– BLONKY sulky, scowling …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SCOOLY of the brow: scowling, frowning …1923 Sc.
SCOWL etc. – ADVERBS
– SCOUK with a gloomy, scowling countenance; sulkily …Bk1904 Sc.
– SKOOK in a hidden manner, secretly, furtively, with a gloomy, scowling mien …1866 Sc.
SCOWL etc. – NOUNS
– BLONK a scowl, frown …19C Eng. dial.
– BLUNKa scowl, a frown …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GANSEL an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl …1825 Sc. obs.
– GLOUT a frown or scowl
– SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look …c1715 Sc.
SCOWL etc. – PHRASES
– IF LOOKS COULD KILL, I’D BE DEAD referring to someone who is frowning, scowling or looking at you with disdain or anger …Bk1996 Aust. & NZ sl.
SCOWL etc. – VERBS
– BEETLE to look with beetle brows, to scowl …1602
– BEND THE BROWS to winkle the brow; to frown, to scowl …1387
– BLONK to put on a sulky or sour face; to scowl …19C Eng. dial.
– BLUNKto scowl …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GLAVER to frown, to scowl, to look with angry disfavour on …Bk1881 Eng. dial.
– SCOUK; SKOOK to scowl, to look from under the eyebrows balefully or furtively; to look angry, sulky, or furtive …c1715 Sc.
– VENNER to scowl; to snarl; to draw up the lips in a snarling manner …1890 Eng. dial.
– WRINCH to scowl …1990s W. Indies
Back to REVERSE INDEX S
Back to REVERSE DICTIONARY