![]() ![]() Scratch – To come to the encounter, begin a fight, i.e. ![]() Scraps – The dry, husky, and skinny residuum of melted fat. Scranch – To crunch, crack, or break any hard thing between the teeth. Scow – A large flat-bottomed boat, generally used as a ferry boat, or as a lighter for loading and unloading vessels when they cannot approach the wharf. Score Off – To get the best of one, especially in a verbal debate. ![]() “He got scooped into a poker game and lost his shirt.” School Ma’am or Marm – A school-mistress, teacher. Scoff away, scuff away – To blow away, drive away, impel. Scape-Grace – A term of reproach, a graceless fellow. Scape – Gallows – One who has escaped, though deserving of the gallows. Scalawag or Scallywag – A mean, rotten or worthless person. Scad – Large quantities, plenty, an abundance. Scab Herder – Derogatory term for sheep herder. Sawdust – Counterfeit gold-dust or money. To Saw – To hoax, to play a joke upon one. Savey or Sabby – Corrupted from the Spanish saber, to know.To know, to comprehend. Savanna – An open plain, or meadow without wood. Satinet – A twilled cloth made of cotton and wool. Santiago – Coronado’s favorite charge was “Santiago”, Spanish for St.James, Spain’s soldier saint. Salt-Water Vegetables – A term for oysters and clams. Salt-Lick – A saline spring, where animals resort for drink. Salting – Planting rich ore samples in an unprofitable mine to attract unwary buyers. Sakes Alive – The equivalent of “Good heavens!” Sagebrush Men – Cowboy who worked in the arid portions of Montana, Colorado and Wyoming. Sagamore – The title of a chief or ruler among some of the American tribes of Indians. Sadying – A simple and unaffected mode of dancing. Saddle Tramp – A cowboy who spends most of his time in the chuck line. Saddle Stiff – A cowboy, also referred to as “saddle warmer” and “saddle slicker.” A “saddle stiff” driving the herd along the trail, 1905. ![]()
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