An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 764

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 764

SKYRE, _s._ A schirrus.


_Dunbar._


Fr. _scyre_, id.


SKYRIN, _part. pr._


1. Shining, S. B.


_Poems Buchan Dial._


2. Making a great show, S.


_Burns._


A. S. _scir_, Su. G. _skir_, shining.


_To_ SKIRL, SKIRLE, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S.


_Ramsay._


Isl. _skrall-a_, sonum streperum edere.


~Skirl~, _s._ A shrill cry, S.


_Douglas._


Isl. _skrall_, Dan. _skraal_, vociferatus.


_To_ SKYRME, _v. n._ To make a feint.


Isl. _skrum-a_, fingo.


_Houlate._


_To_ SKIRP, _v. a._ To mock.


V. ~Scorp~.


SKIST, _s._ Chest; for _kist_.


_Gl. Sibb._


SKIST, _s._ Perhaps, _skift_, art.


_K. Hart._


SKIT, _s._


1. A vain, empty creature, S.


_Dancing skit_, a contemptuous designation for a female dancer on a stage.


_G. Buchanan._


Isl. _skiot-r_, celer, citus.


2. A piece of silly ostentation, S.


SKIT, _s._ An oblique taunt, S.


Isl. _skaeting-r_, dicteria acerba.


_To_ SKITE, SKYTE, _v. a._


1. To eject any liquid forcibly, S.


Isl. _skvett-a_, id. Sw. _skijt-a_, exonerare ventrem.


2. To squirt, to throw the spittle forcibly through the teeth, S.


~Skite~, _s._ The dung of a fowl, S. B.


~Skyte~, _s._ A nasty person, S. B.


Dan. _skyden_, sordidus.


_To_ ~Skyte~, _v. n._ To glide swiftly, S.


Su. G. _skiut-a_, id.


_Ramsay._


SKIVERS, SKEEVERS, _s. pl._ The leather now generally used for binding school books, which is sliced into two, S.


Su. G. _skifva_, a slice, pl. _skifvar_.