| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameStent roll |
Term description Valuation roll |
| NameSumma |
Term description The sum, or total, normally found at the end of the inventory where the value of the deceased's estate is given [Latin]. |
| NameSuperior |
Term description The person who had made an original grant of land in return for the payment of an annual sum or feu, or for the performance of certain services, or both. The person receiving the grant who was thereby bound to make the payment or do the service which went with the lands was the superior's vassal. |
| NameSurrogate |
Term description To appoint as a substitute; a substitute in respect of a right or claim. |
| NameStone |
Term description A unit of weight. In Scots Troy weight, a stone was equivalent to 16 pounds. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
| NameSchiep |
Term description Sheep. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>. |
| NameStirk |
Term description A heifer that had been weaned (two or three years old). For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>. |
| NameStot |
Term description A bullock. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>. |
| NameSt Anthony's fire |
Term description <font size="3">Erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection characterised by raised red patches on the upper dermis.</font> |
| NameScald head/scald heid |
Term description Used to denote a number of scalp conditions featuring the formation of pustules and the loss of hair (including ringworm). |
| NameScrofula |
Term description Tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands |
| NameShiver |
Term description Cold sore, herpes zoster |
| NameShuilie fittit |
Term description Flat-footed |
| NameSmit |
Term description Infection |
| NameSmittle |
Term description Contagious, infectious |
| NameSpaining brash/speaning brash |
Term description An indisposition affecting children or young animals on being weaned; milk fever. |
| NameStrangury |
Term description Retention of urine |
| NameSurfeit |
Term description <font size="3">Overindulgence in eating and drinking; a Bacchanalian tendency.</font> |
| NameSwarf |
Term description Faint |
| NameSwiff awa' |
Term description Faint or swoon |
| NameScrumpox |
Term description Skin infection, impetigo |
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