Part 762 (1/2)
SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. ”take and retake.”
_Wallace._
Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.
_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.
V. ~Showl~.
SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a _mould-board_.
_Stat. Acc._
SKY, _s._ Shadow.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.
SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.
_Knox._
Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.
~Skybald~, _adj._
1. Mean, low.
_Polwart._
2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.
SKIBE, _s._ A low or n.i.g.g.ardly fellow, West and South of S.
V. ~Skybald~.
_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.
_Maitland P._
Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to graze.