Part 756 (1/2)
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._