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Sdodanacii, a. Sulky, pettish, peevish. Gu sdodanach,
sulkily.
Sdodanaciid, s.f. Sulkiness ; peevishness.
Sdoilean, ein, s. m. See Stoilean.
Sdòirean, ein, s. m. A sour, sulky fellow.
Sdòireanacii, a. Sulky; boorisli.
Sd6r. An expression used to incite a bull towards a cow.
Sdò&d. See Stùud.
'Se, (for is e.) It is he or it. 'Sc rinn so, it is he who did
this. 'N esa rinn so ? 'se, is it he who did this ? yes.
Se, pers. pron. {Ir. id. Neb. se.) lie ; it. This vocable
is, in all respects, equivalent to è ; and, in general, it is
used where the personal pron. e immediately follows it ;
and, in such instances, it seems to be employed to prevent
an awkward hiatus. Bhuail so e, he struck him or it.
.SÈ, Sea, a. .Six. So fichead mile, one hundred and twenty
thousand. — Stew. Jon.
Heb. ses and sis. Ethiop. and Pers. ses. Tonq. sau.
Fr. six. It. sei. Lat. sex. Span, seijs. Bisc. sey. Ir. se.
Seab, v. a. Creep softly; sneak. Pret. sheab, sneaked.
.Sheab e onn, he crept softly upon me.
Seabach, a. Creeping softly.
Seabadh, aidh, s. m. A creeping softly.
Seabair, s. m. A sly, sneaking fellow. A sheabair, thou
sneaker. See also Seapair.
Seabaireachd, s.f. Slyness, sneaking.
Seabii, s. m. A quid of tobacco. Tombac seabh, cheiving
tobacco. Seabh is perhaps a corruption of the English word
chew.
Seabhag, aig, s.f. {Ir. seabhas. W. hebog.) A hawk, a
falcon ; the spleen. An seabhag a reir a gne, the hawk
after its kind. — Stew. Lev. Is duilich seabhag dheanamh
do 'n chlamhan, a carrion kite will make a bad hawk. — G. P.
N. pi. seabhagan.
Seabiiaoach, a. (/r. seabhacach.) Like a hawk or falcon ;
abounding in hawks or falcons; of hawks or falcons.
.Seabhagail, a. {Ir. seabhacamhuil.) Like a hawk or
falcon.
Seabiiagair, s. m. {Ir. seabhacair. IF. hebogydd.) A
falconer. N. pi. seabhagairean.
Seabiiagaireaciid, s.f. Falconing; the business of a
falconer.
Seabhagan, ain, s. m. The call of a hawk; a place where
hawks are kept.
Seabhag-oidhciie, s.f. A night-hawk. — Stew. Lev.
Seabhaid, s.f. Wandering. Air sheabhaid, nsiraj/.
Seabhaid, v. n. Wander, stray ; go astray. Pret. a. sheabh-
aid, wandered ; fut. off', seabhaididh.
Seabhaideacii, a. {Ir. seabhoideach.) Wandering, stray-
ing, apt to go astray.
Seabhaideaciid, s. f. Aptness to go astray or wander ; a
wandering disposition ; the state of being astray.
Seabiiais. See Seabhas.
.Seabhaiseacii. See Seabhasacii.
Seabhaiseaciid. See Seabhasachd.
Seabhas, ais, s. m. Weariness; fatigue; labour; wandering;
strolling ; a stroll.
Seabhasacii, a. {Ir. id.) V.'eary, fatigued; laborious;;
wandering, straying ; discursive. Com. and sup. seabhas-
aiche. I
Seabhasachd, s. /. Laboriousness, fatigue, weariness;
a wandering; the state of being astray; discursiveness.
Tha mi sgith le seabhasachd, / am tired of wandcriny.
+ SrABiiUACii, a. {Ir. id.) Certain, sure, true.
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Seac, v. a. and n. {Ir. id.) Wither, scoreh, dry, parch ;
waste, decay. Pret. sheac ; fut. aff. a. seacaidii. Seacaidh
geugan nan crann, the branches of the trees shall wither. —
Macdon.
Seac, a. Withered, scorched, dried, parched ; decayed,
sapless, marcid. Meanglain seac, withered branches.
Lat. sicc-us. Bisc. siccua. //. secco. Span, sec-o.
Arm. W. sech. Corn, sekh, dry, withered. Sclav, suchu.
Pol. succhi, dry. Chald. sak, to dry.
Seacach, a. Causing to wither; apt to wither. M'rittcn
also seachdach.
Seacachadh, aidh, s. ?«. A parching, a scorching; a dry-
ing, a withering. Tha e air seacachadh, it has become
withered.
Seacadh, aidh, s. m. A withering, a parching, a scorching;
a scorching heat; a scorched or withered part. Fo sheac-
adh na greine, xmder the scorching heat of the sun. — Oss.
Tern. Air seacadh nan raon, on the withered surface of
the upland fields. — Oss. Tern. Air seacadh, withered.
Seacadh, (a), pr.part. of seac. Withering, parching, scorch-
ing. Written also seachdadh.
Seacaich, v. a. and n. {from seac.) Wither, parch, scorch ;
dry up for want of moisture. Pret: a. sheacaich ; fut.
aff. a. seacaichidh, shall tvither.
SEACAiciiEAR,y«<. pass. of seacaich.
Seacaiciitf, p. part, of seacaich. Withered, parched,
scorched.
Seacamh, airah, s. m. A helmet or headpiece. Ceud
seacamh 's ceud bheairt bholgach, a hundred helmets, and
as many bossy bucklers. — Oss. Taura.
Seacanta, a. (Ir. id.) Parched, withered ; apt to parch
or wither ; apt to grow parched or withered.
Se.icd, a. More properly seac or seachd ; which see.
Seacd, v. a. and n. Pret. a. sheachd ; fut. seachdaidh.
See Seac or Seachd.
Seacdach, a. See Seacach.
Seacdadh. See Seacadh.
Seacdaich, v. a. and n. More properly seacaich or seachd-
aich ; which see.
Seacdaichte, p. part. More properly seacaichte or seachd-
aichte ; which see.
.f Seacii, s. m. {Ir. id.) A turn ; alternation.
Seacii, adv. and prep. Past, gone by ; aside, or out of the
way; in comparison of; in preference to. Deo greine a
chaidh seach, a sunbeam that has gone by. — Oss. Cathluno.
Rach seach, go by, go past ; seach neach fu 'n ghrein, seach
m' athair deurach, in comparison of any under the sun, in
comparison of my mourning father. — I'll. Snimih seach
geallach na h-oidhche, swimming past the moon of night. —
Oss. Fin. and Lor. Fear seach fear, one man from another ;
seach a cheile, one from another ; cha 'n aithne dhomh
li-aon seach a cheile, / know not one from another ; san dol
seach, in passing, en passant ; mu seach, alternately ; raun
seach, alternately; seach a cheile, one by, past, or from
another.
t Seach, r. a. (Ir.id.) Shun ; pass by.
Seacii AD, adv. and prep. Past, gone by; by; aside; out
of the way. Rach seachad, go by ; an oidhche a dol
sz^c\\?iA, the night going past. — Oss. Taura. Cuir seachad
mo sgiath, put aside my shield. — Oss. Seachad orm, past
me; dol seachad, passing ; san dol seachad, in passing, en
passant; air dol seachad, past, gone by.
t Seachad, v. a. Deliver, surrender. — Shaiv.
Seachadacii, a. Parsimonious; frugal ; hoarding ; tradi-
tionarv.