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skoolm, skoolmin, skoulm, skulm,
skoulm [I.Sh. skulm]
v. To scowl, look from under frowning brows. To look askance.
v. To scowl, look from under frowning brows. To look askance.
skitsie, skjut, skoot, skout, skoutit, skuit, skuitsie, skut,
skout [I. skut, sk(j)øt]
v. To project, to jut, to extend at an angle.
pt. skoutit adj. Of a boat's stern: projected, raked.
v. To project, to jut, to extend at an angle.
pt. skoutit adj. Of a boat's stern: projected, raked.
scobbins, scovin, scovins, skobbin, skobbins, skovin, skovins, skovveen, skovveens,
skovin [I.Sh. ˈskovɪn]
usually pl. skovins
n. The crustation which forms on the bottom and sides of a vessel in which porridge sowens or the like have been boiled. The pot-scrapings.
usually pl. skovins
n. The crustation which forms on the bottom and sides of a vessel in which porridge sowens or the like have been boiled. The pot-scrapings.
skraal, skraall, skraalyie, skrall, skrallyie, skrallyo, skrullyie,
skraal [I.Ork. skraːl, skrʌl]
also skraalyie
n. A crowd, a large quantity or number.
also skraalyie
n. A crowd, a large quantity or number.
scrank, scrankie, scranky, scranky, skrank, skrankie, skrankie scrankie, skranky, skranky,
skrank [skraŋk]
n. A coarse-featured person.
dim. skrankie
adj. Thin, lean, slender, skinny.
n. A coarse-featured person.
dim. skrankie
adj. Thin, lean, slender, skinny.
skranky
adj. Thin, lean, scraggy, meagre, shrivelled. Spidery. MN. Of writing: scrawling.
adj. Thin, lean, scraggy, meagre, shrivelled. Spidery. MN. Of writing: scrawling.
scrack, scrackit, scraich, scraiched, scraiched, scraichin, scraicht, scraichy, scraigh, scraigth, scraik, scraikit, scrake, scrakit, scrauch, scrauchin, screachan, screak, screakit, screch, screchin, screech, screecham, screechan, screechim, screegh, screek, screekit, scregh, screich, screich_o_day, screiched, screichie, screichin, screicht, screichy, screigh, screighin, screik, screikit, scriech, shriek, shriekit, skraich, skraiched, skraichin, skraicht, skraichy, skraik, skraiked, skraikit, skrake, skrakit, skrauch, skraucheon, skrauchin, skrech, skrechin, skreck, skreck, skree, skreech, skreechin, skreecht, skreek, skreeked, skreekit, skreich, skreich_o_day, skreichan, skreiched, skreichie, skreichin, skreicht, skreichy, skreigh, skreighed, skreighin, skreik, skreikit, skrek, skrekit, skrich, skriech, skriegh, skrieghin, skriek, skriekit, skrike, skrikit,
skreich [skriç, skrex, skrɛç]
also skreik [skrik, skrek] The shrike Lanius excubitor or Lanius collurio.
n. A scream, screech, shriek. A shrill cry or call. A screeching, grating noise. MN. The corncrake or landrail Crex crex.
adj. Clamant, importunate, sheer.
v. To shriek, scream, screech, utter a high shrill cry.
pt. pp. skreicht, skreikit
also skreik [skrik, skrek] The shrike Lanius excubitor or Lanius collurio.
n. A scream, screech, shriek. A shrill cry or call. A screeching, grating noise. MN. The corncrake or landrail Crex crex.
adj. Clamant, importunate, sheer.
v. To shriek, scream, screech, utter a high shrill cry.
pt. pp. skreicht, skreikit
skreichie [ˈskriçe, ˈskrexe, ˈskrɛçe]
adj. Shrill.
adj. Shrill.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skreichan: A slang term for whisky.
skreich (cock) U.: The mistle thrush.
skreichin [ˈskriçɪn, ˈskrexɪn, ˈskrɛçɪn]: Screeching.
skreich o day: The break of day, dawn. See also creek o day.
skreich (cock) U.: The mistle thrush.
skreichin [ˈskriçɪn, ˈskrexɪn, ˈskrɛçɪn]: Screeching.
skreich o day: The break of day, dawn. See also creek o day.
screed, screedin, screeth, screid, skor, skre, skredin, skreed, skreed, skreith, skreithin, skreyth, skrid, skride, skrith, skrithan, skrithe, skro, skry, skrythe,
skreithe [I.Ork. skrið, skrɑe, I.Sh. skriːd, skred, skre]
n. A crowd or swarm etc. Also I.Ork. skro [skro:].
v. To swarm. To teem, crowd together in large numbers.
n. A crowd or swarm etc. Also I.Ork. skro [skro:].
v. To swarm. To teem, crowd together in large numbers.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skreithin: Swarming.
scrime, scrime, scrimins, skreim, skrim, skrime, skrimins, skryme,
skrime [I. skraim]
v. To distinguish with difficulty. To see indistinctly, because of poor light or distance. To peer, to look with half-closed eyes, to look closely.
v. To distinguish with difficulty. To see indistinctly, because of poor light or distance. To peer, to look with half-closed eyes, to look closely.
Compounds and phrases etc.
skrimins o daylicht: Gleams of daylight.
scrink, scrinkit, scrinkle, scrunk, scrunkit, scrunkle, skrink, skrinkit, skrinkle, skrunk, skrunkit, skrunkle,
skrink [skrɪŋk, skrʌŋk]
v. To shrivel up, shrink.
pt. pp. skrinkit adj. Shrunken, shrivelled.
v. To shrivel up, shrink.
pt. pp. skrinkit adj. Shrunken, shrivelled.
skrinkle [ˈskrɪŋkl, ˈskrʌŋkl]
v. To shrink, shrivel up.
v. To shrink, shrivel up.
scroil, scrual, skrail, skrell, skroil, skroll,
skroil [I.Sh. skroil]
n. A crash, the resulting fragments.
n. A crash, the resulting fragments.