soul scott (solskot)

[Prop. soul - scat, repr. AS. sāwel - sceat, sawl - sceat, money paid at the open grave for the repose of the soul, On each side of this bier kneeled three priests, who told their beads and muttered their prayers with the greatest signs of external devotion. For this service a splendid soul - scat was paid to the convent of Saint Edmund's by the mother of the deceased. Scott , Ivanhoe, xlii. Those among the dead man's friends and kinsfolks who wished had come and brought the soul - shot , as their gift at the offertory of that holy sacrifice. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. 306. soul-shot (sol's hot), n. See soul -scot. soul-sick (sõlʼsik), a . Diseased or distre ed [Rare.] der. IMG:content-1587.png:[blocks in formation] I am soul - sick , And wither with the fear of one condemn'd, Till I have got your pardon. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, iv. 1. soul-silvert, n. [ silver .] The whole or a part of the wages of a retainer or servant, originally paid in food, but afterward com- muted into a money payment. Hall i well . Should give the prizes they had gain'd before? Dryden, Iliad, i. 185. IMG:content-1588.png:[blocks in formation]