Isl. _skecke_, dispar facio.

_To_ SKAIL, SKAILL, SKALE, _v. a._

1. To disperse.

_Wyntown._

2. To dismiss, S.

_Acts Ja. III._

_To skail the byke_, to disperse an a.s.sembly, S.

3. To diffuse; applied to rumours.

_Doug._

4. To scatter, applied to the mind.

_Wyntown._

5. To spill, to shed, S.

6. To unrip, S. B.

_Ross._

7. _To skale doun_, to pour out.

_Doug._

8. _To skale doun_, to dishevel.

_Doug._

9. _To skail house_, to disfurnish.

_Rutherford._

10. _To skale a rig_, to plough ground so as to make it fall away from the crown of the ridge, S.

11. _To skale a sege_, to raise a siege.

_Poems 16th Cent._

12. _To skail a proclamation_, to recall it.

_Balfour._

13. _To skail a gun_, to empty it, S.

Su. G. Isl. _skil-ia_, separare; Gael. _scaoil-am_, id.

_To_ ~Skail~, ~Skale~, ~Scale~, _v. n._

1. To part one from another.

_Barbour._

Isl. _skil-iast_, unus ab altero recedere.

2. To be diffused.

_Wallace._

~Skail~, ~Scail~, _s._

1. A dispersion, S.

2. A scattered party.

_Barbour._

~Skailin~, ~Scailin~, _s._ Dispersion, S.

_J. Nicol._

~Skail-wind~, _s._ That which causes dispersion, S.

_M. Bruce._

SKAILDRAIK, SKELDRAKE, _s._ The shieldrake.

_Acts Ja. VI._

SKAILLIE, SKAILYIE, _s._ Blue slate. S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Belg. _schalie_, id. Moes. G. _skal-jos_, tiles.

~Skillie pen~, a pencil of soft slate, S.

_To_ SKAIR, _v. n._

© 2024 www.topnovel.cc