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1. _Fine skran_, a phrase used by children, in commendation of any thing they are fond of, especially if edible, Lanerks.
Isl. _skran_, supellex leviusculus.
2. The offals or refuse of human food, thrown to dogs, Loth.
SKRANKY, _adj._
1. Lank, slender, S.
2. Applied to an empty purse.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _schrank-en_, to confine; A. S. _scrunc-en_, contracted.
SKRAPIT, _pret._ Mocked.
V. ~Scorp~.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To cry, to scream.
_Watson._
Franc. _screiot_, Sw. _skrijt_, clamor.
_To_ SKREED, _v. n._ To lie, to magnify in narration, S.
Su. G. _skryt-a_, jactare, Isl. _skreit-a_, fingere.
~Skreed~, _s._ A lie, a fabrication, S.
SKREEK, SCREAK, _of day_, the dawn, S. B.; also _skrieh_.
V. ~Creek~.
_Ross._
_To_ SKREENGE, _v. a._ To scourge, S.
~Skreenge~, _s._ A lash, a stroke, Fife.
_To_ SKRY, _v. a._ To cry, to proclaim, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _skri-a_, vociferari, _skri_, clamor.
~Skry~, ~Scry~, _s._
1. Noise.
_Wallace._
2. The crying of fowls.
_Douglas._
_To_ SKRIFT, _v. n._ To fabricate.
V. ~Scrift~.
Isl. _skraf-a_, fabulari, nugari, _skraef_, nugae.
SKRILLES, _s. pl._ Shrieks.
V. ~Skirl~.
To SKRIM, _v. a._ To scud, to move quickly, S.
SKRYMMORIE, _s._ Apparently, the name of a mischievous fairy.
_Pal. Hon._
Isl. _skrumari_, a braggart; O. Fr. _es-crimour_, a good tugger.
SKRINE, _s._ Unboiled _sowens_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Teut. _krinse_, purgamentum frumenti.
SKRINKIE, SKRINKYT.
V. ~Skrankie~.
