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~Skeeggers~, _s. pl._ A whip; properly one made of sedges, Ang.
SKEELY, _adj._ Skilful.
V. ~Skilly~.
SKEELING GOOSE, the s.h.i.+eldrake, Orkn.
_Sibbald_.
_To_ SKEY _off_, _v. n._ To fly.
_Wallace_.
Su. G. _sky_, Alem. _ski-en_, vitare.
SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._
1. Apt to startle, S.
_Douglas._
2. Unmanageable, skittish, S.
_Douglas._
3. Shy; applied to women, S.
_Ross._
4. Proud, disdainful, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _scheuch_, shy; Su. G. _skygg_, startling.
_To_ ~Skeich~, _v. n._ To startle.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _skygg-a_, meticulose recedere.
_To_ SKEYG, _v. n._ To move nimbly in walking, S. B.
Moes. G. _skeu-jan_, iter facere.
~Skeyg~, _s._ _At the skeyg_, in a quick motion, Ang.
SKEIGH, _adv_.
V. ~Skeich~.
SKEIL, SKEILL, (p.r.o.n. _skeel_), _s._
1. A tub for was.h.i.+ng, S.
_Dunbar_.
2. A wooden drinking vessel with a handle, Orkn.
Isl. _skiola_, a milk-pail; mulctra, haustorium.
SKEIR, SKEER, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.
Isl. _skiar_, pavidus, id.
SKEITCHES, _s. pl_. Scates, S.
Teut. _schatse_.
_To_ ~Skeitch~, _v. n._ To scate, S.
~Skeitcher~, _s._ A scater, S.
SKELB, _s_. A splinter, S.
V. ~Skelve~.
SKELDRAKE, _s_.
V. ~Skaildrake~.
SKELF, _s._
1. A shelf, S.
A. S. _scelf_.
