Definition of Skliff

1. a small segment [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skliff

skivvies
skivvy
skivvying
skivy
skiwear
sklate
sklated
sklates
sklating
sklayre
sklayres
sklent
sklented
sklenting
sklents
skliff (current term)
skliffs
sklim
sklimmed
sklimming
sklims
sklodowskite
skoal
skoaled
skoaling
skoals
skodaic
skodaic resonance
skoff
skoffed

Literary usage of Skliff

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: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... skliff, r. <«. and и. 1. To trail the shoes ¡ilong the ground in walking, ... skliff, s. 1. The act of trailing the shoes along the ground in walking, ..."

2. Bud: A Novel by Neil Munro (1907)
"The strangers had gone south with the swallows; the steamer no longer called each day to make the pavement noisy in the afternoon with the skliff of city ..."

3. Bud: A Novel by Neil Munro (1907)
"The strangers had gone south with the swallows; the steamer no longer called each day to make the pavement noisy in the afternoon with the skliff of city ..."

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