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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Skitterand, -en, -in, -ing, ppl. adj. [Late north. ME skiterende (14th c.); Skitter v.] a. = Skitand ppl. adj. b. fig. ? Trifling, insignificant. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 58 (M).
Skitterand scorpioun scauld in scurrilite a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1584.
There is never a skittering kw in the lone, but sche wald have a marrow —b. 1547 Prot. Bk. Robert Wedderop 18.
[Between the tenement of land of John Curror on the west and] lie skitterin medowis [on the east] c1610 Melville Mem. 21.
Seing that ther was bot a skitteren lasse betuen him and the crown
