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Snip'py. _adj._ Mean, parsimonious.

Snock. _s._ A knock; a smart blow.

Snowl. _s._ The head.

Soce. _s. pl._ Vocative case. Friends! Companions! Most probably derived from the Latin _socius_.

To Soss. _v. a._ To throw a liquid from one vessel to another.

Sour-dock. _s._ Sorrel: _rumex aceiosa_.

Souse. _s. pl. Sousen._ The ears. _Pigs sousen_, pig's ears.

Spar. _s._ The pointed sticks, doubled and twisted in the middle, and used for fixing the thatch of a roof, are called _spars:_ they are commonly made of split willow rods.

Spar'kid. _adj._ Speckled.

Spar'ticles. _s. pl._ Spectacles: gla.s.ses to a.s.sist the sight.

Spawl. _s._ A chip from a stone.

Spill. _s._ A stalk; particularly that which is long and straight. _To run to spill_, is to run to seed; it sometimes also means to be unproductive.

Spill. _s. See_ WORRA.

To Spit. _v. a._ To dig with a spade; to cut up with a spitter. _See_ the next word.

Spitter. _s._ A small tool with a long handle, used for cutting up weeds, thistles, &c.

To Spit'tle. _v. a._ To move the earth lightly with a spade or spitter.

Spit'tle. _adj._ Spiteful; disposed to spit in anger.

To Spring. _v. a._ To moisten; to sprinkle.

To Spry. _v. n._ To become chapped by cold.

Spry. _adj._ Nimble; active.

To Squall. _v. a._ To fling a stick at a c.o.c.k, or other bird.

_See_ c.o.c.k-SQUAILLING.

To Squitter. _v. n._ To Squirt.

To Squot. _v. n._ To bruise; to compress. _v. n._ To squat.

Squot. _s._ A. bruise, by some blow or compression; a squeeze.

Stad'dle. _s._ The wooden frame, or logs, &c., with stone or other support on which ricks of corn are usually placed.