Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SKAFAL, adj. Well-built, stalwart, stout (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[Orig. uncertain. Hardly Gael. sgafair, a stout handsome man.]
