DSL - DOST Scunner, Skunner, Scownner, n. [f. next.] a. Disgust, revulsion, loathing. A source or cause of this. b. Nausea; ? a stomach upset; a sinking feeling. ---
a. To se him scart his awin skyn grit scunner I think; Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 93. We might haue mist a beastly blunner, Had we not spewed out our skunner, against this Test; Cleland 106. ---
b. In harte he tuke
it sic ane scunner [Bann. scummer] Ane rak of fartis ... Went fra him; Dunb. (OUP) 155/154. She ... left her a peice saw to rub to her breast which was good for comforting the hert against scownners [ed. scowmers]; 1660 Rothesay Par. Rec. 26.