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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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†SKUVIE, n. Also sküvi, skövi(e). The tail of an animal, esp. of a fish such as a large flat-fish (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl.), orig. in sea-taboo language (Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Dial. Sh. 16); also as a place-name, of a rock shaped like a bushy tail (Jak.). [′skøvi]Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 135:
He took his sköne and sneed aff her skövie.Sh. 1904 E.D.D.:
No growing person would eat the skovie of an animal because they would immediately cease to grow.