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. . . John Selwood and Richard Hickes tenants unto Sir Giles Mompesson 
for his farm at Deptford and his Rowless-thing called Hurdles at Wiley.” 
—Diary, ete. 
Rocket. Add:—No doubt originally this meant a woman’s dress or cloak 
(rochet), as in O.E., but it has long been transferred to the bonnet. In 
Devon vochet is still sometimes applied to female dress. 
Sauf. Asif. “Looks sauf ’twur gwain to rain.” N.W. (Clyfie Pypard.) 
Scotch. A chink, a narrow opening. The spaces between the boards in a 
floor are scotches. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Scraamb. “To scraamb a thing down” is to reach up to it and pull it down, 
in the manner described by Jefferies :—‘ Suppose a bunch of ripe nuts high 
up and almost out of reach; by dint of pressing into the bushes, pulling at 
the bough, and straining on tiptoe, you may succeed in ‘scraambing’ it 
down. ‘Scraambing,’ or “scraambed,’ with a long accent on the aa, indicates 
the action of stretching and pulling downwards. Though somewhat similar 
in sound, it has no affinity with scramble: people scramble for things which 
have been thrown on the ground.” (Village Miners.) It would not be 
used of such an action as scrambling about on rocks. NW. 
*Scram, Skram. Awkward, stiff as if benumbed. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
*Scricele. To creak or squeak. See Scruple. N.W. (Wroughton.) 
Scrump. Add:—(4) ». Tocrunch. A sibilated form of Crump. N.W. 
Scruple. To squeak or creak. ‘“ When the leather gets old-like, he sort 0’ 
dries up, an’ then he do scruple—he do scricele, Sir!”’ «@e., the saddle 
squeaks. cf. Scroop. N.W. (Wroughton.) 
Sewent. (1) Add:—‘A Piece of Cloth is said to be—shewent—when it is 
evenly wove and not Rowey—it is also applied in other cases to denote a 
thing Level and even.” (Cunnington MS.) 
Add:—(2) ‘To Look Shewent, is to Look demure.” (Cunnington 
MS.) N.W., obsolete. 
*Shackle. A twisted band of straw, hay, ete. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
*Shally-gallee. Add:—Compare Spurgally, wretched, poor, Dors ; and 
Shally-wally, a term of contempt in VV. of Eng. ; 
Shekel. Add :—The first ¢ is long. An old labourer, on being asked how he 
used to sharpen his ancient reaping-sickle, said, “I did allus use to car’ a 
grab [crab-apple] wi’ me, an’ draa my shekel droo un,” the acid biting like 
aquafortis into the curiously serrated edge of the steel, and renewing it 
without injury. Farm-lads still sharpen their knives thus. See Great 
Estate, ch. 5. 
*Shim. Add :—*This word is rather of Glocestershire, but it is nevertheless 
