'Skew: thick drizzle or driving mist.'—Jago's Cornish Glossary.
*Skiel. A cooler used in brewing beer (A.B.G.H.Wr.).
Skiffley. Showery. Perhaps from O.E. skyfte, to change.—S.W.
Skillet. A round pot to hang over the fire.—N.W.
Skillin, Skilling. A pent-house (A.C.S.); an outhouse or cow-shed. A.S. scyldan, to protect; Old Germ. schillen, to cover (A.). Skillion is used in Australia for a small outhouse.—N. & S.W.
Skimmenton, Skimmenton-riding. A serenade of rough music got up to express disapproval in cases of great scandal and immorality. The orthodox procedure in N. Wilts is as follows: the party assembles before the houses of the offenders, armed with tin pots and pans, and performs a serenade for three successive nights. Then after an interval of three nights the serenade is repeated for three more. Then another interval of the same duration and a third repetition of the rough music for three nights—nine nights in all. On the last night the effigies of the offenders are burnt. Housset is the same thing. The word and the custom have emigrated to America.—N.W.
Skimmer-cake. A cake made of odd scraps of dough (S.). See Skimmer-lad.—S.W.
Skimmer-lad. A dunch-dumpling, or piece of dough put on a skimmer and held in the pot while boiling.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Skippet. The long-handled ladle used for filling a water-cart, emptying a hog-tub, &c.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)