▪ I. scolder1
(ˈskəʊldə(r))
[f. scold v. + -er1.]
One who scolds. Formerly, † a common scold.
| 1423 Coventry Leet-bk. 59 A Cookestowle..to punysche skolders and chidders as þe law wyll. 1497 Will in Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. 573/2 Provyded that al Vacabonds, Scowldars, and Brawlers be rewarded after the Mind and Discretion, and good Conscience of mine Executors. c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) G iij, Heare not that scolder and brauling hounde of hell. 1595 Kath. Oliver Conf. in Trans. Roy. Hist. Soc. Ser. iii. (1907) I. 273, I have bene a scoulder and a slaunderouse person, and a source of strife amongst my neighbors. 1673 H. Stubbe Further Justif. War Netherl. 70 A Scoulder and a Taunter is reckoned..with Thieves and Idolaters. 1794 Coleridge Robespierre i. 183 The cool ferocious Robespierre turn'd scolder! 1875 M. Collins Sweet & Tw. I. i. vii. 102 Betty Carr was a finer scolder..than you will easily meet with. |
▪ II. scolder2 Orkney.
(ˈskəʊldə(r))
Also 8 sceolder.
The oyster-catcher, Hæmatopus ostralegus.
| a 1795 G. Low Fauna Orcad. (1813) 91 The Sea-Pie..Orc. Sceolder. 1805 G. Barry Orkney Isl. 306 The Sea Pie..in some places here gets the name of the scolder. |