310 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
in use on the North Border of Wilts.” (Cuwnnington MS.) 
Shog off, Add :—This is given as N. Wilts in Cunnington MS. 
Shrub. To rub along somehow, to manage to live after some sort of a 
fashion. ‘I do shrub along middlin’ well, when I bain’t bad wi’ the 
rheumatiz.” N. & S8.W., occasionally. 
*Sillow. Add :—“ Sylla, a plough, was used at Bratton within the 
memory of persons still living. Sylla-foot, or Zilla-fut, was a 
guiding piece of wood alongside of the share.”” (Miss Waylen.) 
Skeer. (1) To skim lightly and quickly over a surface, barely touching it, 
as a ball does along ice. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
* (2) To mow summer-fed pastures lightly. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Skeer-devil, Skir-devil, Cypselus apus, the Common Swift. N.W. 
(Malmesbury, etc.) 
Skiffley. Add :—Perhaps from O.E. skyfte, to change. 
Slammock. Add :—N. Wilts. 
*Slickit. Add:—N.W. (Berks bord.) to both meanings. 
Slommakin. adj. Of females, untidy, slatternly. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Snap. A trap, as Mouse-snap, Wont-snap. N. & S.W., occasionally. 
Snop. (1) Add :—S. Wilts. 
*Snowl. The head. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Snuff-rag. A pocket-handkerchief. N.W. (Lockeridge. etc.) 
*Soce. Friends; addressed to the company generally, as ‘‘ Well, soce, an’ 
how be ye all to-day ? ” N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Very rarely heard in Wilts, but common in Dev. and Som. It is a con- 
traction of ‘*Souls,” not of Sociz. In the old ghost-story in Jefferies’ 
Goddard Memoir, the use of the word soas (there spelt sowce) by one 
of the characters is alluded to in such a way as to show that it was 
looked on as a curious peculiarity of his. 
Sog. Soft boggy ground. NsW. (Malmesbury.) 
Soldiers’-buttons. Arctium Lappa, L., Burdock. S.W. (Hamptworth) 
*Souse. ‘‘ Pigs’-sousen,” pigs’-ears. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
*Spawl. A chip or splinter from a stone. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
Spill. (1) The long straight stalk of a plant. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
* (2) ‘To run to spill,” to run to seed. N.W. (Malmesbury.) 
* (3) Hence, figuratively, to be unproductive. N.W. (Malmesbury, oc- 
casionally. 
*Sprawing. Add:—This word is given for Wilts by Britton, Akerman, 
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