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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scailit,) Scailt, ppl. adj. Also: skaild, skayld, scaillit, scalyt. [Scail v.] a. That have, or has, been scattered or dispersed; ? in different places (rather than concentrated in one area). b. fig. Of legal lore: Uttered piecemeal rather than as a coherent statement. —a. c1475 Wall. x 691.
Feill scalyt [1570scaillit] folk to thaim will son ranew 1582 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 240.
The prouest … and counsall … ordanes ane scailt watche to be kepit bayth day and nycht in the town, ane quarter euery xxiiij houris, and that ilk persoun that is haill and present watche in his awin persoun —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 200/30.
Sum castis summondis and sum exceptis; Sum standis besyd and skaild [M. skayld] law keppis
