~Skeeggers~, _s. pl._ A whip; properly one made of sedges, Ang.

SKEELY, _adj._ Skilful.

V. ~Skilly~.

SKEELING GOOSE, the shieldrake, 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 washing, 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_.

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