Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyer
Literary usage of Skyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tibetan-English dictionary, with Sanskrit synonyms by Sarat Chandra Das (1902)
"... yellow dye ; a light yellow ^'§ skyer-chv n. of a river of BÏ (Pa-ro) in Bhutan.
... matters and its yellow bark is useful in dropsy, etc. ; Ъ*Ъ skyer- ..."
2. Bibliotheca Indicaby Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1841)
"JI Pha-lha-sKyer- ... Pha-sla-rab-lha), 'father-god, real god'; ho takes the
place of Pha-lha-skyer- ..."
3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1891)
"Have you not heard what fame royal Orestes gained with all mankind, because he
slew the skyer, wily Aegisthus, who had slain his famous father? ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"At length marriage with king's daughter is promised to skyer of wild boar.—(2)
Two brothers, poor countrymen, ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"Does you think you kin skyer me? It ain't in you, nor de likes of you. I reckon
you'd shoot me in de back, maybe, if you got a chance, for dat's jist yo' ..."
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