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V. ~Skar~.
SKAIR, _s._ A share, Ang. Loth.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _skiaer_, id.; _skaer-a_, dividere.
SKAIR, _s._
1. One of the parts of a fis.h.i.+ng-rod, S. B.
2. The slice at the end of each part, to which the sliced end of another is fastened, S. A.
Isl. _skar-a_, a.s.seres reciproce adaptare.
SKAIR, _s._ A bare place on the side of a hill.
V. ~Scar~.
SKAIRS, SKARS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.
Su. G. _skaer_, a rock; _skaer-a_, to divide.
SKAITBIRD, _s._ The Arctic gull.
Su. G. _skit-a_, cacare.
_Kennedy._
SKAITH, _s._
1. Hurt, damage, S.
_Doug._
Isl. _skade_, Su. G. _skada_, id.
2. Injury supposed to proceed from witchcraft, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKAIVIE, _adj._ Harebrained, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Sw. _skef_, Dan. _skiaev_, obliquus; A. Bor. _scafe_, wild.
SKALLAG, SCALLAG, _s._ A kind of bond-servant, West. Isl.
_J. L. Buchanan._
Gael. _sgallag_, a man-servant; Isl. _skalk_, servus.
SKAMYLL, SKAMBLE, _s._
1. A bench.
A. S. _scaemel_, id.
_Wallace._
2. In pl. shambles; _skemmils_, S. B.
_Maitland P._
_To_ SKANCE.
V. ~Scance~.
SKANT, SCANTH, _s._ Scarcity.
_Doug._
Dan. _skan-a_, parcere; or Isl. _skam-r_, brevis.
SKAP, _s._ Head, _scalp_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ SKAR, SKAIR, _v. n._ To take fright, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skiar_, vitabundus; Su. G. _sky_, vitare.
~Skar~, ~Scar~, _adj._
