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skellad, skellet, skellit, skillet, skilyeen,
skellet [ˈskɛlət]
n. A saucepan.
scailie, scalie, skellie, skellied, skellie-eed, skellit, skelly, skelly_eened, skelly-e$ed, skelly-ee, skelly-eed, skillie, skillie-eed, skilly, skilly-eed,
skellie [ˈskɛle]
n. A squint, sideways glance.
adj. Squinting, squint-eyed.
v. To squint, be cross-eyed.
pt. pp. skellit, skellied
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
skellie-ee'd: Squint-eyed.
skellie, skelly, skillie, skilly,
skellie [ˈskɛle]
n. A tidal ridge of rock.
shillock, shillocks, shillog, shillogs, skellach, skelligs, skelloch, skellochs, skellock, skellocks, skillock, skillocks, skiollag, skoylack, skyollag, squalloch,
skelloch [ˈskɛləx, ˈskɛle]
n. The charlock or wild mustard Sinapis arvensis.
schellum, schelm, shelm, skellum,
skellum [ˈskɛləm]
n. A scamp, rogue, scoundrel.
scelp, sculpitt, skelp, skelped, skelper, skelpin, skelpin$, skelpit, skelpt, skilp, skyelp,
skelp [skɛlp]
n. A stroke or blow with a flat object. A slap or smack with the open hand.
v. To strike or hit with the palm of the hand etc., to slap, smack. Of the veins: to beat, pulsate, throb. Of a clock: to tick. To move rapidly.
pt. pp. skelpit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
skelper: Something that skelps.
skelpin [-ɪn]: Striking, belting. A rapid walk, walking or moving rapidly.
skelpit frae: Slapped by.
scamble, scambler, scammle, scemmels, scemmle, skemler, skemlin, skemmel, skemmel, skemmels, skemmils, skemmle, skemmler, skemmles,
skemmel [ˈskɛməl]
also skemlin [ˈskɛmlɪn]
n. A bench. A peat bank.
pl. skemmels [ˈskɛməlz] MN. A shambles, an abattoir, slaughter house, meat or fish market.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
skemler [ˈskɛmlər, ˈskemlər]: A parasite, sponger. One who scrounges his meals from others.
skemp,
skemp [skɛmp, skemp]
n. A scamp.
skeo, skio, skoo, skyo,
skeo [I. skjoː]
n. A small house or shed built in an exposed position of dry-stone walling to admit air and used as a kind of store house or larder in which meat and fish may be cured by wind-drying. A roughly built hut.
scap, scape, skaip, skeb, skebbek, skep, skepp, skeppock, skib, skip, skip,
skep [skɛp]
n. A wicker or straw baske. A beehive.
dim. skeppock

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