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Definition of Skelly
1. v. i. To squint.
2. n. A squint.
Definition of Skelly
1. Noun. skully (the game) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skelly
1. cross-eyed [adj SKELLIER, SKELLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelly
Literary usage of Skelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1891)
"ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN 1779
JOURNAL OF BRIGADE MAJOR F. skelly From the original manuscript in the ..."
2. The Irish Jurist (1864)
"90; and the defendant averred that afterwards, and before the said John skelly
became or was adjudged bankrupt, and whilst he was in possession of the said ..."
3. The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting by James Wilson, A. K. Killmister (1844)
"THE CHUB, OR skelly.* This fish occurs in England, Wales, and the south of Scotland.
It is sometimes called skelly in Cumberland (although the species ..."
4. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1906)
"Joseph skelly, son of William and Elizabeth (Byerly) skelly, was born October
29, 1812, while his father was at the war. Up to the time of attaining his ..."
5. History of Pittsburgh and Environs, from Prehistoric Days to the Beginning by George Thornton Fleming (1922)
"P. skelly. The regiment was mustered into service in January, 1847. Four companies
proceeded down the Ohio river on the 8th of that month, ..."
6. The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting by James Wilson (1840)
"THE CHUB, OB skelly.* This fish occurs in England, Wales, and the south of Scotland.
It is sometimes called sketty in Cumberland (although the species ..."
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