Skull-thatcher, a straw-bonnet-maker,—sometimes called “a bonnet-BUILDER.”
Skunk, a mean or paltry fellow, one whose name stinks.
Sky, a disagreeable person, an enemy.—Westminster School. The word derived its origin from a corruption of the last syllable of the word “VOLSCI:” Westminster boys being of course understood to be the Romans.
Sky, to toss up towards the SKY. Term used in tossing with halfpence; “It’s all right, Jim SKIED the browns,” i.e., threw them up, a proof that there could have been no collusion or cheating.
Sky-blue, London milk much diluted with water, or from which the cream has been too closely skimmed.
“Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream,
And leave their milk with nothing but the name;
Its name derision and reproach pursue,
And strangers tell of three-times-skimm’d—SKY-BLUE.”
The recent Adulteration Act has done away with SKY-BLUE, and made [Simpson] a relic of the past. Sky-blue formerly meant gin.
Sky-lark. See under [LARK].
Sky-parlour, the garret.