scholar
an early term for a child attending an infant, primary or secondary school. The term fell out of use and was replaced by pupil in the early 20th century.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
The Your Scottish Archives Glossary defines archaic words and phrases, mostly Scots law terminology, commonly found in documents and records in Scotland’s archives. If you think a word or phrase should be added to the glossary, or an existing entry could be defined better, please contact us at your@scottisharchives.org.uk.
You can also use the Dictionary of the Scots Language as a further resource at https://dsl.ac.uk/ for Scots words and phrases (including legal terminology).
To find a term within the glossary, click on the initial letter of the word you are looking for, then select the relevant syllable segment displayed below.
Example: to find the term “roup” select section “R” then sub-section “Ro”
sconce
firescreen; shelter against the weather.
scope and contents note
a statement summarising the contents of described records, such as record types and subjects, and explaining the scope of the records, such as (in family papers) which family members are represented or (in local authority collections) which functions and activities are represented.