saw wood
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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saw your timber
"be off!" equivalent to "cut your stick." Occasionally varied, with mock refinement, to "amputate your mahogany." See CUT.
sawbones
A surgeon.
sawdust trail
a path or trail of sawdust, often used to mark a route
sawney
Or SANDY, a Scotchman. Corruption of Alexander.
Saxon Castles
The principal ones remaining in England are: — Alnwick Castle, given to Ivo de Vesey by the Conqueror.
saxon parliament
Witan is A.S. for wise men (connected with witt, knowledge); gemote is ge-, together, moot, meet; hence "an assembly of wise men.
Saxon Shore
The coast of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sussex?
say again
Ask someone to repeat what they said
say cheese
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say goodbye
to bid farewell or end a relationship
say grace
Express thanks to God before a meal
say it all
To express or summarize a situation perfectly
Say it with flowers. (Patrick O'Keefe)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
say no more
Indicates agreement or understanding without needing further explanation
say one's prayers
To prepare for death or a difficult situation
say the quiet part loud
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say the word
give a signal to start something
say uncle
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say wha
say what.
say what
Express your thoughts or opinion
say when
stop pouring a drink when the recipient feels they have enough
scab
A worthless man or woman.
scab
A worthless person.—Old. Shakspeare uses "scald" in a similar sense.
scab-raiser
A drummer in the army, so called from one of the duties formerly pertaining to that office, viz., inflicting corporal punishment on the soldiers.—Military.
scabby neck
A native of Denmark.—Sea.
scabby-sheep
Epithet applied by the vulgar to a person who has been in questionable society, or under unholy influence, and become tainted. Also a mean disreputable fellow.
Scaccarii in the Record Office
It was com- plied in the reign of Henry III (1246), and con- tains the returns of the tenants in capite in 1166, who certify how many knights' fees they hold, and the names of those who hold or held them; also the only known fragment of the Pipe Roll of Henry II, copies of the important Inquisition returned into the exchequer in 13 John, and matter from the Pipe Rolls and other sources.
scag
Heroin.
scald miserables
A set of mock masons, who, A.D. 1744, made a ludicrous procession in ridicule of the Free Masons.
scalder
A clap. The cull has napped a scalder; the fellow has got a clap.
scalding hot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
scale off
To peel off
Scalp Lock
A long lock of hair allowed to grow on the scalp by the men of certain North American Indian tribes as a challenge to their scalp-hunting enemies.
scaly
Mean. Sordid. How scaly the cove is; how mean the fellow is.
scaly
Shabby, or mean. Perhaps anything which betokens the presence of the "Old Serpent," or it may be a variation of "fishy."
scaly fish
An honest, rough, blunt sailor.
scamander
To wander about without a settled purpose;—possibly in allusion to the winding course of the Homeric river of that name.
scammered
drunk
Scammozzi's Rule
The jointed two-foot rule used by builders, and said to have been invented by Vmcenzio Scammozzi (1552-1616), the famous Italian architect.
scamp
A highwayman. Royal scamp: a highwayman who robs civilly. Royal foot scamp; a footpad who behaves in like manner.
scamp
A graceless fellow, a rascal; a wandering vagabond; scamping was formerly the cant term for plundering and thieving. A ROYAL-SCAMP was a highwayman, whilst a FOOT-SCAMP was an ordinary thief with nothing but his legs to trust to in case of an attempt at capture. Some have derived SCAMP from qui ex campo exit, one who leaves the field, a deserter.
scampsman
highwayman
scandal broth
Tea. The reference is to the gossip held by some of the womenkind over their tea. Also called "Chatter-broth.
scandal proof
One who has eaten shame and drank after it, or would blush at being ashamed.
scandal-water
Tea; from old maids’ tea-parties being generally a focus for scandal.
scandinavian mythology
It is said to be situated in the centre of the universe, and accessible only by the rainbow-bridge (Bifrosf). It contained many regions and mansions, such as Gladsheim and Valhalla. Ash Tree, or Tree of the Universe. See YGGDRASIL.
scapegallows
One who deserves and has narrowly escaped the gallows, a slip-gibbet, one for whom the gallows is said to groan.
scapegrace
A wild dissolute fellow.
scaramouch
Properly a tumbler, or SALTIMBANCO. Also a disreputable fellow.
Scarborough Warning
Blow first, warning after. In Scarborough robbers used to be dealt with in a very summary manner by a sort of Halifax gibbet-law, lynch-law, or an a la lanterne.
scarborough-warning
A warning given too late to be taken advantage of. When a person is driven over, and then told to keep out of the way, he receives SCARBOROUGH-WARNING. Fuller says the proverb alludes to an event which happened at that place in 1557, when Thomas Stafford seized upon Scarborough Castle before the townsmen had the least notice of his approach.
scarce
To make one's self scarce; to steal away.
scarce
TO MAKE ONESELF; to be off; to decamp.
scare off
To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.
scare someone to death
to frighten someone extremely
scare story
A frightening or alarming story, often exaggerated or untrue.
scare straight
intimidate someone into behaving
scare the life out of
to frighten someone very much
scare the living daylights out of
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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