Definition of Skaith

1. n. See Scatch.

Definition of Skaith

1. Noun. (Scottish) harm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skaith

1. to injure [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: injure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skaith

skacore
skadaddle
skaddon
skaddons
skaergaardite
skag
skags
skail
skailed
skailing
skails
skain
skains
skaiter
skaiters
skaith (current term)
skaithed
skaithing
skaiths
skald
skaldic
skalds
skaldship
skaldships
skall
skalled
skalling
skalls
skandall
skandalls

Literary usage of Skaith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... Fortune \ If death, then, wi' skaith, then, Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, S. To daunton me. ..."

2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... Nao maiden lays her skaith to me ; I never loved but you. For you alone I ride the ring, For you I wear the blue ; For you alone I strive to sing— Oh, ..."

3. A History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Period to the Completion of the by John Anderson, of Edinburgh John Anderson (1856)
"His most celebrated poem, ' Scotland's skaith, or Will and Jean,' appeared in 1795, and its sequel, 'The Waes o' War,' the following year. ..."

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