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scaledrake
scaledrake (ˈskeɪldreɪk) Also 6–7 skaildraik, -drake, 9 skale, skel-, skieldrake. [The first element is of obscure origin: see sheldrake. Cf. dial. scale-, skell-duck, and skeel-, skeeling-goose.] = sheldrake.1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 236/2 Ony..skeldraikis herroun butter, or ony sic kynd of ...
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sheldrake
sheldrake (ˈʃɛldreɪk) Forms: 4 sheldedrake, selddrake, shelledrake, 5 scheldrak, 5–6 -drake, 7–9 shell(-)drake, 8 shel-drake, sheldrach, 8–9 shieldrake, (9 shield-drake), 6– sheldrake. [prob. f. sheld a. + drake2. A northern form skeldraik (see scaledrake) is recorded from 1600. Connexion with shiel...
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shalder
▪ I. † ˈshalder, n.1 ? Obs. rare—1. [related to shalder v.] ? A flake, split-off piece of stone.1577 Harrison England iii. xv. [ix.] 114 b, Y⊇ flint and chalke, the shalder and the peble.▪ II. shalder, n.2 (ˈʃɔːldə(r)) Also 9 chalder, shelder, schalder, shaalder. [Of obscure origin. Cf. scolder2, sc...
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