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scouth Sc.|skaʊθ|
Also 8–9 scowth, skouth.
Opportunity, scope. Also, abundance, plenty.
Also in phrase scouth and routh: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
1591R. Bruce Serm. (1843) 387 There are Bands which circle & fetter him, that he hath no scouth or liberty to run out. 1728Ramsay Robt., Richy, & Sandy 10 He seeks the dowy glen That he may scowth to a' his mourning len. 1785Burns To Rev. J. M'Math x, They talk o' mercy, grace, and truth, For what?—to gie their malice skouth On some puir wight. 1815Finlayson Rhymes 38 (E.D.D.) The sturdy tiller o' our plains, Whose work demands nae scowth o' brains. |