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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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†SKRUNK, v. tr. and intr. To shrink, to crumple up, to become shrivelled or hard (Cld. 1880 Jam.). Deriv. skrunkle, id. (Ib.). Ppl.adj. skrunkit, -ilt, pinched, scanty (Kcd. 1925 Jam.), also in reduced form skrunk, shrunk, dried (Mry. 1928).Sc. 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster 7:
Skrunkit and slidderie as the strone.Abd. 1904 E.D.D.:
When meat is fried too much it is said to be skrunket.Bnff.⁶ 1920:
I've skrunkled a' the breed.Abd. 1928:
The dubs has begood te skrunkle wi' the freest a'ready.em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 13:
The hingit curtain o the lift
That haps the yirth in its blue sheet
Skrunkles like bark on reid-het coals,
Skrinkin an scrockenin wi the heat.