skelly

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

skellies

1.
(Scotland, archaic)A squint.
2.
(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.
3.
(alt of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”).

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verb

V_es/s

skellies

V_ing/Gerund

skellying

V_ed/pp

skellied

1.
(Scotland)To squint.
2.
(Scotland)To look at

Nguồn gốc từ

Probably of gmq origin, from non ("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 skele to squint, skela to squint, skellie, scalie, skellice (to squint;