| Snell—severe, keen, cold |
Steching—panting, groaning for want of breath |
| Snellest—bitterest, most unfortunate |
Stinning—standing |
| Sneeran—sneering |
Stoor—boisterous noise |
| Soud—should |
Stoup—a kind of high narrow jug or dish, with a handle and lid, for holding liquids, mostly whiskey |
| Soun'—sound |
Stoupfu—the full of a stoup |
| Soon's—soon as |
Stoited—stumbled |
| Sonsy—lucky, jolly |
Streekit—stretched |
| Soncler —more jolly |
Staucherin—staggering |
| Soom—to swim |
Stab—a stake |
| Sowing-brod—a board upon which weavers mix and beat their dressing or paste |
Staps—steps |
| Sowins—a dish made of the finest of oatmeal steeped or soured in water and oatmeal seeds |
Strang—strong |
| Sogers—soldiers |
Strae—straw |
| Souching—a low mournful sound dying on the ear, like the sighing or moaning of the wind through a wood |
Stells—stills |
| Sowther—to solder |
Stieve, steeve—firm, full |
| Spat—spot |
Stievely—firmly |
| Spate—a flood, inundation |
Stenchers—stanchels |
| Spale—a spell of words |
Spunkie—Will-o'-the-wisp |
| Spak—spoke |
Spreadan—spreading |
| Spavie—the spavin |
Squattert—fluttered in water like a wild duck |
| Specks—spectacles |
Squeels—sereams |
| Speel—to climb |
Swankie—a strippling, youth |
| Speelt—climbed |
Swalt—Swelled |
| Speeling—climbing |
Swirled—whirled |
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Speer—to ask, to enquire |
Swack—whack, forcible throw |
| Speert—asked |
Swith—quickly, swift |
| Spen—spend |
Swither—to hesitate |
| Spoulin, spoutan—ejecting |
Swearan—swearing |
| Span—spun |
Sweert, sweer—unwilling, averse to |
| Stack—did stick |
Syne—then, soon, afterwards |
| Stan—stand |
Synt—washed |
| Stanes—stones |
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| Stane dyke—a stone inclosure |
Taes—Toes |
| Starns—stars |
Tafts—cot houses |
| Stappet—stopped, filled |
Tak—take |
| Stap—to fill, to stop |
Tanle—bonfire |
| Steek—to shut, to silence |
Tangs—tongs |
| Steekit—shut, closed |
Tattert—torn |
| Steering—moving, stirring |
Tap—top |
| Steers—moves, shifts |
Tauld—told |
| Sten—spring, leap |
Tel'—tell it |