A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Skilling-guis, Skeeling-goose, n. [Of uncertain origin, but the first element may be related to the scail- of Scaildrake n. Cf. the discussion of Skell- in SND. Also in the later dialect of Orkney.] The sheldrake. = Scaildrake n. —1553 Edinb. B. Rec. II 184.
The best wyld guis, viz., harroke and skilling guis 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii 21.
Skeeling-goose, de quo fama est, in ejus ventriculo grana peperis reperiri
