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skelly en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈskɛli/
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).
Meanings
(Scotland, archaic) A squint.
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skellies
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skelly en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈskɛli/
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).
Meanings
(Scotland) To squint.
"It is he—it is the very man," said Bothwell, "skellies fearfully with one eye?" 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 87:
(Scotland) To look at
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skellied
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skellied
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skellies
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skellying
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skelly en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ˈskɛli/
Etymology
From a clipping of skeleton + -y (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
(slang) A skeleton, especially a human one.
We went spelunking in some caves and got quite the scare when we found some skellies in there.
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skelly en · NOUN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
/ˈskɛli/
Etymology
Variant of skully.
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”).