Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelloch
Literary usage of Skelloch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"Sometimes, wild radish, SA To skelloch, rn To cry with • shrill voice. ...
skelloch, s. A shrill cry, SU To SKELP, vn 1. To beat, as a clock. Ramsay. 2. ..."
2. Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the by William Patten, Broughton Brandenburg, P.F. Collier & Son Corporation (1906)
"... through the garden hedge, and ran, wi' skelloch upon skelloch, for the clachan.
That same mornin', John Christie saw the Black Man pass the Muckle Cairn ..."
3. Stories (1896)
"... through the garden hedge, and ran, wi' skelloch upon skelloch, for the clachan.
That same mornin' John Christie saw the black man pass the Muckle Cairn ..."
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