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

SKRAE, SKREE, s. A searce made of wire for cleansing grain, Loth.

Gael. criathar; a bolter, Su. G. skraed-a, to bolt, to sift.

SKRAE, s. A thin meagre person, S.
Minstr. Bordr.

Su. G. skraf, a skeleton, skral, scanty.

SKRAE-FISH, SCRAE-FISH, s. pl. Fishes dried in the sun, without being salted, Orkn.
Neill.

Isl. skrael-a, to dry; skreid, pisces indurati.

To SKRAIK, SCRAIGH, v. n.
1. Denoting the cry of a fowl when displeased, S.
J. Nicol.
2. To cry with importunity and in a discontented tone, S.

Su. G. skrik-a, Isl. skraeka, id.

Skraik, Scraik, s.
1. The screaking of fowls, S.; also skraich.
Douglas.
2. A loud or shrill sound, caused by musical instruments.
A. Hume.

Isl. skraek-r, clamor, ploratus.