SKEW, _s._ _Skew and reskew_; q. "take and retake."
_Wallace._
Fr. _secou-er_, to move violently; O. Fr. _rescou-er_, to take again.
_To_ SKEWL, _v. a._ To distort, S. B.
V. ~Showl~.
SKY, _s._ A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a _mould-board_.
_Stat. Acc._
SKY, _s._ Shadow.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sky_, nubes, nebula.
SKYBALD, _s._ A mean worthless fellow, S.
_Knox._
Dan. _skabhals_, a rascal, a base man.
~Skybald~, _adj._
1. Mean, low.
_Polwart._
2. Tattered, in rags, Clydes.
SKIBE, _s._ A low or niggardly fellow, West and South of S.
V. ~Skybald~.
_To_ SKIFF, SKIFT, _v. n._ To move lightly and smoothly along, S.
_Maitland P._
Q. to move as a _skiff_; or Isl. _skaf-a_, _skef_, radere, q. to graze.
_To_ ~Skiff~, _v. a._ To cause a flat stone _skip_ along the surface of a body of water, S.
_To_ ~Skift~, _v. a._ To glide over, S. B.
SKIFFIE, _s._ The tub used for bringing up coals from the pit, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SKIFT, _s._ A flying shower, S. B.
Su. G. _skifw-a_, mutare; _skift_, intervallum.
SKIFT, _s._ Facility in operation, S. B.
Moes. G. _ga-skaft_, making; _skap-an_, facere.
SKIFT, _s._ A broad ridge of land, Orkn.
Su. G. _skift_, intervallum.
SKYLAND, _part. pr._ Not retaining.
Dan. _skyll-a_, eluere.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SKYLE, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _skyl-a_, Dan. _skyl-er_, occultare.
SKILL, _s._ Return.
_King Hart._
Isl. _skill_, redditio.
SKILL, SKYLL, _s._
1. Reason.