skaillie Sc.
(ˈskelɪ)
Forms: 5 scailȝee, 6 skal-, skelȝe, skail-, 6–7 scailyie, 7 -yee, scailzie, 8 scaillie, skailly, 7– skaillie; 8 skell(e)y, 9 skeelie, skyl(l)ie.
[a. MDu. schaelie (mod.Du. schalie), or ad. OF. escaille (mod.F. écaille): see scale n.2]
† 1. Blue roofing-slate. Obs.
Frequently mentioned along with slate; on the distinction see quot. 1808.
| 1496 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 275 To the man that brocht vp the scailȝee. 1516 Ibid. V. 115 To Johne Kelsaucht, sklatter of Striveling, to by skalȝe for the castel in Edinburgh. 1584 Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 678 To carie the sklaittis, skailyie, lyme, sand, and tymmer. 1621 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 626 To thaick þe same agane with Sklait or skailyee. 1681 Ibid., Chas. II (1820) VIII. 357 To be theiked with lead, sclait, scailyie or tyle. 1707 Miege St. Gt. Brit. ii. 7 Slates..of a blue colour, which they call Skelley, and are made use of for covering the Houses of People of Quality. 1715 Pennecuik Tweeddale 5 Here is to be found Marle,..Slait and Skailly. 1808 Jamieson s.v., The name skaillie [in the north of Scotland] being confined to blue slates, while the flat stones, commonly used instead of them, are called brown sklates. |
2. Slate-pencil. Also skaillie pen.
| 1808 Jamieson, Skaillie Pen, a sort of pencil of soft slate, used for taking memorandums, or writing accounts on a slate. 1871 Alexander J. Gibb ix. 69 A bit sclattie an' skaillie. 1885 Strathesk More Bits iii. 42 To sharpen their slate-pencil or ‘skeelie’, as they call it. |