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.