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Definition of Skelder
1. v. t. & i. To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
2. n. A vagrant; a cheat.
Definition of Skelder
1. Noun. (obsolete) A vagrant; a cheat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skelder
1. to beg [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: beg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelder
Literary usage of Skelder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"skelder'd, pp. painted in slanting patterns or showy flourishes. Skell, v.
to squall. See Skerl. Skell-hoorn, the horn-blower. The cattle doctor, as well as ..."
2. The Gull's Hornbook: Stultorum Plena Sunt Omnia by Thomas Dekker, John Nott (1812)
"whom he may skelder—of money.'] Cheat, defraud. ... Thus, in A. 3, S. 4, of that
play: " A man " may skelder ye now and then of half a dozen shillings, ..."
3. A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-chief of the Army of the by Clements Robert Markham (1870)
"... called Xorth-street Postern at the north end, and skelder-irate Postern at
the south. Although this western side of York contained sir churches, ..."
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