An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 758 : 1. Timorous; _skair_, S. B. _Bannatyne P._ 2. Shy, affectedly modest, S. _Pop. Ball._

1. Timorous; _skair_, S. B.

_Bannatyne P._

2. Shy, affectedly modest, S.

_Pop. Ball._

~Skar~, ~Skare~, _s._

1. A fright, S.; _skair_, S. B.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

2. A scarecrow.

_Lyndsay._

SKARRACH, _s._

1. A flying shower, a blast of wind and rain, Ang. Fife.

Moes. G. _skura_, procella magna.

2. A considerable quant.i.ty of drink, Loth.

SKARSMENT, _s._ Some kind of fortification.

_Pal. Hon._

Germ. _schaur-en_, to defend.

SKART, _s._ A cormorant.

V. ~Scarth~.

SKARTFREE, _adj._

V. ~Scart~, _v._

SKARTH, _s._ Puny creature, S. _scart_.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _skort-a_, deficere; _skard-a_, diminuere.

_To_ SKAT, _v. a._ To tax.

_Henrysone._

Teut. _schatt-en_; Su. G. _skatt-a_, taxare.

_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ To scald, S.

_Doug._

Fr. _eschaud-er_, Ital. _scald-are_, id.

_To_ ~Skaude~, ~Skad~, _v. n._ To be galled, from heat, S.

SKAUM, _s._

1. The act of singing clothes.

2. A slight mark of burning, S.

Sw. _skamm-a_, a stain; Isl. _kaam_, id.

~Skaummit~, ~Scamed~, _part. adj_. Having a mark produced by fire or a hot iron, S.

_Spalding_.

SKAW, _s._ A scall of any kind, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den_.

SKEEBRIE, _s._ Thin light soil, Ang.

~Skeebroch~, _s._ Very lean meat, Galloway.

Ir. _scabar_, thin, lean.

_To_ SKEEG, _v. a._ To lash, S. B.

_Minstr. Bord._

Celt. _skig-ia_, to strike; Arm. _skei_, to bang.