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SKYRE, _s._ A schirrus.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _scyre_, id.
SKYRIN, _part. pr._
1. s.h.i.+ning, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Making a great show, S.
_Burns._
A. S. _scir_, Su. G. _skir_, s.h.i.+ning.
_To_ SKIRL, SKIRLE, _v. n._ To cry with a shrill voice, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _skrall-a_, sonum streperum edere.
~Skirl~, _s._ A shrill cry, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _skrall_, Dan. _skraal_, vociferatus.
_To_ SKYRME, _v. n._ To make a feint.
Isl. _skrum-a_, fingo.
_Houlate._
_To_ SKIRP, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Scorp~.
SKIST, _s._ Chest; for _kist_.
_Gl. Sibb._
SKIST, _s._ Perhaps, _skift_, art.
_K. Hart._
SKIT, _s._
1. A vain, empty creature, S.
_Dancing skit_, a contemptuous designation for a female dancer on a stage.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _skiot-r_, celer, citus.
2. A piece of silly ostentation, S.
SKIT, _s._ An oblique taunt, S.
Isl. _skaeting-r_, dicteria acerba.
_To_ SKITE, SKYTE, _v. a._
1. To eject any liquid forcibly, S.
Isl. _skvett-a_, id. Sw. _skijt-a_, exonerare ventrem.
2. To squirt, to throw the spittle forcibly through the teeth, S.
~Skite~, _s._ The dung of a fowl, S. B.
~Skyte~, _s._ A nasty person, S. B.
Dan. _skyden_, sordidus.
_To_ ~Skyte~, _v. n._ To glide swiftly, S.
Su. G. _skiut-a_, id.
_Ramsay._
SKIVERS, SKEEVERS, _s. pl._ The leather now generally used for binding school books, which is sliced into two, S.
Su. G. _skifva_, a slice, pl. _skifvar_.
