1. Scanty increase, W. Loth.

2. Small remainder, ibid.

SCAPE, _s._ A bee-hive.

V. ~Skepp~.

SCAR, SKAIR, SCAUR, _s._

1. A bare place on the side of a steep hill, from which the sward has been washed down by rains, Loth.; also, _skard_.

_Lay Last Minstr._

2. A cliff, Ayrs.

_Burns._

Su. G. _skaer_, rupes, C. B. _esgair_, a ridge.

SCARCHT, _s._ A hermaphrodite, S. _Scart_.

A. S. _scritta_, id.

_Pitscottie._

SCARF, _s._ The corvorant; also, the s.h.a.g, Orkn.

V. ~Scart~.

_Barry._

SCARMUS, _s._. A skirmish.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Ital. _scarramuccia_, L. B. _scaramutia_.

SCARp.e.n.i.s, _s. pl._ Pumps; Fr. _escarpines_.

_Maitland P._

SCa.r.s.eMENT, _s._ The edge of a ditch on which thorns are to be planted, S.

_To_ SCART, _v. a._

1. To scratch, S.

_Cleland._

2. To sc.r.a.pe a dish with a spoon, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To sc.r.a.pe together money.

_More._

A. Norm. _escrat_; A. Bor. _scraut_.

~Scart~, _s._

1. A scratch, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A n.i.g.g.ard, S.

3. A puny person, S.

~Scart-free~, _adj._ Without injury, S.

_Cleland._

~Scart~, _adj._ Puny.

_Dunbar._

~Scartle~, _s._ An iron instrument for cleaning a stable, Tweedd.

_J. Nicol._

SCART, SKART, SCARTH, SCARF, _s._ The corvorant, S.

_Houlate._

Norw. _skarv_, Isl. _skarf-ur_, id.

SCAS, _s._ Portion?