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

SKERTER, s. The sea-belt, a fucus, Orkn.
Neill.

SKET. Ful sket, full hastily.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. on scyte, in praecipiti; Isl. skiot-ur, celer.

SKEW, SKEU, s. The oblique part of a gable, S.
V. [Shach].
J. Nicol.

To Skew, v. a.
1. To build in an oblique form, S.
2. To cover gables with sods, Tweedd.

SKEW'D, adj. Acting like one deprived of reason, Perths.
V. [Skaivie].

SKEW, s. Skew and reskew; q. "take and retake."
Wallace.

Fr. secou-er, to move violently; O. Fr. rescou-er, to take again.

To SKEWL, v. a. To distort, S. B.
V. [Showl].

SKY, s. A small board, used in the Shetland plough in place of a mould-board.
Stat. Acc.