An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 765

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 765

SKLAFFORD HOLES, apertures in the walls of a barn, Ang.


Perh. corr. from L. B. _sclopet-um_, a harquebuss, as originally applied to the loopholes of a castle.


SKLAIF, _s._ A slave.


_Bannatyne P._


SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.


V. ~Sclaite~.


~Sklater~, _s._ A slater, S.


SKLANDYR, _s._ Slander.


V. ~Sclandyr~.


SKLEFF, _adj._ Shallow.


V. ~Skelve~.


_Gl. Sibb._


_To_ SKLENT, _v. n._


V. ~Sclent~.


_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._


1. To slice, S.


_J. Nicol._


2. Denoting the abbreviation of time.


_Z. Boyd._


_To_ SKLYRE, _v. n._ To slide, Loth.


~Sklyre~, _s._ A slide, ibid.


_To_ SKLOY, _v. n._ To slide on ice, Loth.


Fr. _escoul-er_, id.


~Skloy~, _s._ A slide, Loth.


SKLOUT, SKLOUTER, _s._ Cows dung in a thin state, Fife.


SKLUTE, _s._


1. In pl. large clumsy feet, S. B. Perhaps from _klute_, S. a hoof.


2. A lout, S. B.


_To_ ~Sklute~, _v. n._ To set down the feet clumsily, S.


SKODGE, SKODGIE, _s._ A kitchen drudge, S.


Su. G. _skoswen_, literally, a _shoe-servant_.


_To_ ~Skodge~, _v. n._ To act as a drudge, S.


SKOLDIRT, SKOWDERT.


V. ~Scowder~.


_To_ SKOLE, SKOLT, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.


V. ~Skul~.


_Ruddiman._


SKOMER, _s._


V. ~Scomer~.


SKON, SCONE, _s._


1. A thin cake of wheat or barley meal, S.


_Douglas._


2. Metaph. denoting a specimen, S.