SKROPIT, _pret. v._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKROW, _s._ A scroll.
V. ~Scrow~.
SKROW, _s._ A slight shower, S. B.; Isl. _skur_.
V. ~Skarrach~.
SKRUFE, _s._
Wealth, acquired by parsimony or exaction.
_Bannatyne P._
Teut. _schrobb-en_, scalpere.
SKRUMPLE, _s._ A wrinkle.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _schrumple_, id. Su. G. _skrump-en_, to wrinkle.
_To_ SKRUNT, _v. n._ To make a creaking noise, Clydes.
Isl. _skruning-r_, _skrudning-r_, strepitus.
SKRUNTY, _adj._ Meagre, raw-boned, Fife, Loth.
Su. G. _skrin_, dried, Dan. _skranten_, infirm.
SKUBE, _s._ Any thing that is hollowed out, S. B.; allied to E. _scoop_.
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_, ob.u.mbrare.
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._