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Definition of Skilly
1. Noun. A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat).
Definition of Skilly
1. Noun. (obsolete nautical) skillygalee ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skilly
1. a thin gruel [n SKILLIES] / skillful [adj SKILLIER, SKILLIEST] - See also: skillful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skilly
Literary usage of Skilly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"May not this word be a clue to the whole thing 1 skilly meaning anything poor
... I am much interested in skilly -an-wack. I have only heard it used once in ..."
2. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"Three parts ' means three-quarters of a pint, and 'skilly' is a fluid concoction of
... Oh, wonderful skilly, that," praised the Carpenter, and each looked ..."
3. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"Three parts' means three-quarters of a pint, and ' skilly' is a fluid concoction of
... Oh, wonderful skilly, that," praised the Carpenter, and each looked ..."
4. The Bookman (1899)
"The skilly dame came in with her clouts and washes. She dressed the lad's wound
and drugged him to a more cooling slumber, and he was to be left in bed till ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"skilly (common), water-gruel, in the workhouse and prisons. So much the better
for you, I say, So much the better for you. If you never act silly, ..."
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