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SKLAFFORD HOLES, apertures in the walls of a barn, Ang.
Perh. corr. from L. B. _sclopet-um_, a harquebuss, as originally applied to the loopholes of a castle.
SKLAIF, _s._ A slave.
_Bannatyne P._
SKLAIT, _s._ Slate, S.
V. ~Sclaite~.
~Sklater~, _s._ A slater, S.
SKLANDYR, _s._ Slander.
V. ~Sclandyr~.
SKLEFF, _adj._ Shallow.
V. ~Skelve~.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ SKLENT, _v. n._
V. ~Sclent~.
_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._
1. To slice, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. Denoting the abbreviation of time.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ SKLYRE, _v. n._ To slide, Loth.
~Sklyre~, _s._ A slide, ibid.
_To_ SKLOY, _v. n._ To slide on ice, Loth.
Fr. _escoul-er_, id.
~Skloy~, _s._ A slide, Loth.
SKLOUT, SKLOUTER, _s._ Cows' dung in a thin state, Fife.
SKLUTE, _s._
1. In pl. large clumsy feet, S. B. Perhaps from _klute_, S. a hoof.
2. A lout, S. B.
_To_ ~Sklute~, _v. n._ To set down the feet clumsily, S.
SKODGE, SKODGIE, _s._ A kitchen drudge, S.
Su. G. _skoswen_, literally, a _shoe-servant_.
_To_ ~Skodge~, _v. n._ To act as a drudge, S.
SKOLDIRT, SKOWDERT.
V. ~Scowder~.
_To_ SKOLE, SKOLT, _v. n._ To drink hard, S. B.
V. ~Skul~.
_Ruddiman._
SKOMER, _s._
V. ~Scomer~.
SKON, SCONE, _s._
1. A thin cake of wheat or barley meal, S.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. denoting a specimen, S.
