An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. schelve, segmen.

Skelvy, adj.
1. Having various lamina, S. B.
Minstr. Bord.
2. Shelvy, S.
Burns.

SKEO, s. A hut for drying fish, Orkn.

Isl. Norw. skia-r, id. pergula siccatoria.

SKEP, SKEPPE, SCAPE, s.
1. A bee-hive made of twisted straw, S. A.
Hume.
2. Transferred to industry.
Ferguson.

Su. G. skaepp-a, a seed-vessel; Gael. sgeip, a bee-hive.

SKER, perhaps, a rock.
Lyndsay.

Isl. skaer, scopulus maris.

SKERRY, s.
1. An insulated rock, Orkn.
Barry.
2. A flat rock, over which the sea flows when the tide rises.
Stat. Acc.

Isl. skaer, a rock, and ey, an island.