† skyrgaliard Obs.
Also 6 skyre-.
[f. galliard n.1, with obscure first element.]
A wild or dissipated fellow.
| a 1529 Skelton Agst. Scottes 101 Syr skyrgalyard, ye were so skyt, Your wyll than ran before your wyt. ― Dk. Albany 168 Suche a proude palyarde, Suche a skyrgaliarde. [1826 Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) I. 26 The quarrel of these wild rufflers and skyr-galliards.] |