scaddle, a. Now dial.
(ˈskæd(ə)l)
Also 5 skadylle, 7 skad(d)le.
[Later var. of scathel.]
1. Wild; timid; shy.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 341/2 Skadylle; vbi wylde. 1635 L. Foxe North-West Fox 203 There was fowle, but so skadle, as they would not abide them to come neere them. 1691 Ray N.C. Words 60 Scaddle, that will not abide touching: spoken of young Horses that fly out. 1862 [C. C. Robinson] Dial. Leeds 398 He's a scaddle horse to ride. 1876 Mid-Yks. Gloss., Scaddle, timid, usually applied to a horse. |
2. Mischievous, troublesome; thievish; esp. of animals.
| 1589 [? Lyly] Pappe w. Hatchet 3 He shall knowe what it is for a scaddle pawne, to crosse a Bishop in his owne walke. 1674 Ray S. & E.C. Words 77 Skaddle: scathie, Ravenous, mischievous, Suss. 1736 Lewis I. Tenet (ed. 2) 38 A Skaddle Cat, Boy, &c. 1847 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Jerry Jarvis's Wig, Tib,..the honestest, the least ‘scaddle’ of the feline race. 1887 Kentish Gloss., Scaddle, wild; mischievous; spoken of a dog that worries sheep; of a cat that poaches [etc.]. |