An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 762

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 762

SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. "take and retake."


_Wallace._


Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.


_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.


V. ~Showl~.


SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a _mould-board_.


_Stat. Acc._


SKY, _s._ Shadow.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.


SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.


_Knox._


Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.


~Skybald~, _adj._


1. Mean, low.


_Polwart._


2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.


SKIBE, _s._ A low or n.i.g.g.ardly fellow, West and South of S.


V. ~Skybald~.


_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.


_Maitland P._


Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to graze.


_To_ ~Skiff~, _v. a._ To cause a flat stone _skip_ along the surface of a body of water, S.


_To_ ~Skift~, _v. a._ To glide over, S. B.


SKIFFIE, _s._ The tub used for bringing up coals from the pit, S.


_Stat. Acc._


SKIFT, _s._ A flying shower, S. B.


Su. G. _skifw-a_, mutare; _skift_, intervallum.


SKIFT, _s._ Facility in operation, S. B.


Moes. G. _ga-skaft_, making; _skap-an_, facere.


SKIFT, _s._ A broad ridge of land, Orkn.


Su. G. _skift_, intervallum.


SKYLAND, _part. pr._ Not retaining.


Dan. _skyll-a_, eluere.


_Dunbar._


_To_ SKYLE, _v. a._ To conceal.


_Henrysone._


Su. G. _skyl-a_, Dan. _skyl-er_, occultare.


SKILL, _s._ Return.


_King Hart._


Isl. _skill_, redditio.


SKILL, SKYLL, _s._


1. Reason.