scouthn.
/skaʊθ/, U.S. /skaʊθ/, Scottish English /skʌʊθ/ Scottish.
Opportunity, scope. Also, abundance, plenty. Also in phrase scouth and routh: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
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1591 R. Bruce Serm. (1843) 387 There are Bands which circle & fetter him, that he hath no scouth or liberty to run out.
1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 10 He seeks the dowy glen That he may scowth to a' his mourning len.
1785 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 125 They talk o' mercy, grace an' truth, For what?—to gie their malice skouth On some puir wight.
1815 W. Finlayson Simple Sc. Rhymes 38 (E.D.D.) The sturdy tiller o' our plains, Whose work demands nae scowth o' brains.
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