▪ I. skeer
dial. f. scare v.; var. of skere a. Obs.
▪ II. skeer, v.1 Now dial.
Also 7 skeere.
[Cf. skirr v.]
trans. = skirr v. 4.
For intransitive uses, current in Somerset and Wiltshire, see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
| 1636 R. James Minucius Felix 8 Children sportfully contending who should skeere shells farthest upon the top of the sea. 1880 Cornwall Gloss. 51/1 Skeer, to skim a stone on the surface of the water. |
▪ III. skeer, v.2 dial.
Also skare.
[a. ON. skara (still in Icel., Norw., and Sw. dial.), in the same sense. For the form skeer cf. scare v.]
trans. To poke out (ashes), clear out (a fire) by poking.
| 1674 Ray N.C. Words 17 Skeer the Esse: Cheshire. Separate the dead ashes from the Embers. 1791–6 Pegge Derbicisms Ser. ii, Skare, ‘to skare the fire,’ to stir it at the bottom and potter the dust out. 1865– in dial. glossaries (Derby, Cheshire, Sheffield). |