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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623

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(Scaly,) Skailly, -ie, Skealie, adj. [e.m.E. skaly (1528); Scal(e n.2] Covered with scales. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 109/33.
The skaillie [1591 skealie] suimming race Quho uith thaire litle finnis Do cleue the frothie seas apace
c1614 Mure Dido & Æneas iii 127.
The skailly squadrones of the liquid lakes

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