A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1535, 1690
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(Scalderit,) Skolderit, Skowdrit, Scouther'd, ppl. adj. [North. Eng. dial. scaldered (1796); Scalder v.] Scorched; shrivelled. —(a) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 122.
Fy skolderit skyn thow art bot skyre and skrumple c1500-c1512 Ib. 171.
Thy skolderit skin hewd lyk ane saffrone bag 1535 Stewart 36458.
Lang he la in that infirmitie … His skowdrit skyn wes blak as ony ruke —(b) c1690 Bk. Pasquils 183.
On shoulder clap made her Mess James embrace And lick the dreepings of his scouther'd face
