Lexicographical Neighbors of Skellie
Literary usage of Skellie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"BECK, PJ Rochelle С. skellie brought an action for divorce against William ...
The following charge of the court is brought under review: "Mrs. skellie in ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"V. skellie. Unto no mess pressit this prélat, ... skellie, skellie-EE'D, adj.
Having the eyes placed a little obliquely, Clydes. This claims the same origin ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"skellie-EE'D, adj. Having the eyes placed a little obliquely, Clydes. skellie-MAN, «.
A bellman or public crier, Lan. V. ,-hi.li ч'. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"One who does not write in a straight line, is said to skellie, or to be " a skel/ying
... is tautological ; skellie itself being apparently from the AS adj. ..."
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