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skate, skite, skited, skitit, skyte, skytet, skytit,
skite [skəit]
n. A nasty or objectionable person.
v. To have diarrhoea, void thin excrement.
pt. pp. skitit
n. A nasty or objectionable person.
v. To have diarrhoea, void thin excrement.
pt. pp. skitit
skittle, skittles,
skittle [ˈskɪtlz]
n. A skittle.
pl. skittles
n. A skittle.
pl. skittles
skehve, skive, skiver, skiver, skivin, skiyv, skiyve, skiyvin, skyve, skyver,
skive [skaev]
n. A prowling about for what may be picked up. The scrounge.
v. To roam about, prowl about. To pry, spy on. To slide, skate. To dodge or shirk from work etc.
n. A prowling about for what may be picked up. The scrounge.
v. To roam about, prowl about. To pry, spy on. To slide, skate. To dodge or shirk from work etc.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skiver: A prowler, shirker.
skivin: Dodging work. Fooling around.
skivin: Dodging work. Fooling around.
skive, skiver, skiver, skiver, skivver, skyver, skyver,
skive [skaev]
v. To shave, pare, slice off a thin layer. To whittle a piece of wood.
pt. pp. skived
v. To shave, pare, slice off a thin layer. To whittle a piece of wood.
pt. pp. skived
Compounds and phrases etc.
electric skiver: An electric shaver.
skiver [ˈskaevər, ˈskɪvər]: A splinter of wood in the skin. To pierce or stab as with a skewer. To transfix. A shaver.
skiver [ˈskaevər, ˈskɪvər]: A splinter of wood in the skin. To pierce or stab as with a skewer. To transfix. A shaver.
sclaterscrae, sclattiescrae, sklattiescrae, sklattiskrae, skrattiskrae,
sklattiskrae [I.Sh. ˈsklatəskreː]
n. A pompous individual who talks at large about topic they know little of.
n. A pompous individual who talks at large about topic they know little of.
sclafe, sclaif, scleff, scleff-fittit, skleff, skleff-fittit,
skleff [sklɛf]
n. With the: flat, level ground.
adj. Of a dish: shallow, flat. Of ground: flat, level. Of things: thin and flat. Of people: not plump or rounded in figure, flat-breasted. Equal, even, or level in a competition with a competitor. Quits in regard to a debt, on even terms.
n. With the: flat, level ground.
adj. Of a dish: shallow, flat. Of ground: flat, level. Of things: thin and flat. Of people: not plump or rounded in figure, flat-breasted. Equal, even, or level in a competition with a competitor. Quits in regard to a debt, on even terms.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skleff-fittit: Flat-footed.
See sclaff, skliff also.
scleush, skleush,
skleush [S. skløʃ, skl(j)uʃ]
n. To walk clumsily.
n. To walk clumsily.
scliff, scliffer, scliffin, skliff, skliffer, skliffin, skliffler, skloof, skloofer, sklowf, sklowfer, skluif, skluifer, skluiffin,
skliff [sklɪf, S. sklɛf, skløf, MN. sklʌuf, SN. skluf]
n. A shuffling trailing way of walking or the noise made by that. A dull heavy tread. A clumsy or worn out shoe used as a slipper. A blow with a flat surface. A scuffing glancing blow. A thin slice. A shaving or paring. A segment of the moon or of an orange.
adv. With a dull heavy sound, plump!
v. To walk with a heavy shuffling step, to drag the feet, scuffle. To scuff, strike To slice or pare. A segment.
n. A shuffling trailing way of walking or the noise made by that. A dull heavy tread. A clumsy or worn out shoe used as a slipper. A blow with a flat surface. A scuffing glancing blow. A thin slice. A shaving or paring. A segment of the moon or of an orange.
adv. With a dull heavy sound, plump!
v. To walk with a heavy shuffling step, to drag the feet, scuffle. To scuff, strike To slice or pare. A segment.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skliffer: A flake. A thin sheet or layer.
skliffin: Skimming stones across the surface of water.
skliffin: Skimming stones across the surface of water.
See sclaff also.
sclinner, sclinter, sklinner, sklinter,
sklinter [ˈsklɪn(t)ər]
n. A splinter.
v. To splinter. To break off.
n. A splinter.
v. To splinter. To break off.
scleet, scleut, scluit, scluit, scluiterin, sclute, skleet, skleeteran, skleut, sklout, skluit, skluiteri, sklute,
skluit [skløt, N. sklit, skl(j)ut]
n. A heavy shuffling tread.
v. To set down the feet clumsily in walking. To walk in a flat-footed or shuffling manner. To turn the toes out. To throw down or pour out in a soft semi-liquid mass. To dash down (something wet or muddy) on the ground, as in emptying a bucket. To fall flat, esp. into something soft, wet or muddy. Large clumsy feet.
adv. Indicating a sudden fall so as to strike the ground with a sharp, flat sound.
n. A heavy shuffling tread.
v. To set down the feet clumsily in walking. To walk in a flat-footed or shuffling manner. To turn the toes out. To throw down or pour out in a soft semi-liquid mass. To dash down (something wet or muddy) on the ground, as in emptying a bucket. To fall flat, esp. into something soft, wet or muddy. Large clumsy feet.
adv. Indicating a sudden fall so as to strike the ground with a sharp, flat sound.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skluiterin: NN.b. Splay footed.