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skeigh
skeigh, a. and adv. Sc. (skix) Forms: 6–7 skeich, 9 skiech, skeech; 8 skiegh, 8– skeigh. [Related to OE. scéoh shy (= MHG. schiuhe, schiech-, G. scheuch), but the origin of the sk- is not clear: cf. skey a.] A. adj. 1. Of horses: inclined to shy; skittish, mettlesome, spirited.1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit... Oxford English Dictionary
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abeigh
abeigh, adv. Sc. (əˈbiːx, əbɛˈɪx) [Of uncert. deriv.; possibly f. a prep.1 in + Norse beig, beyg, fear. In any etym. the final guttural must be accounted for.] ‘At a shy distance, aloof.’ Jamieson.c 1707 Auld Gray Mare in Jacob. Relics I. 69 Whene'er her tail play'd whisk, Or when her look grew skei... Oxford English Dictionary
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skey
▪ I. † skey, n.1 Obs. rare. A kind of boat.1507 Will of Gorman (Somerset Ho.), A boote otherwise called a Skeye. 1542 Admir. Ct. Warrant Bks. 1 Sept., Navicula vocata a skey.▪ II. ‖ skey, n.2 S. African. (skeɪ) Also skea. [Du. schei tie-piece.] One of a pair of wooden bars passing through each end o... Oxford English Dictionary
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asclent
aˈsklent, aˈsclent, adv. [Cf. sclender, sclate = slender, slate.] Scotch form of aslant.1584 J. Carmichael Let. in Misc. Wodr. Soc. (1844) 443 They..hes bene farther careit asklent then reason can warrand. 1657 S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 61 They always took the bog a-sclent [= they fled]. 1792 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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a-skie
† a-ˈskie, adv. Obs. [? f. a prep.1 + skey, variant of shey, shy: ‘schey or skey as horse’ (Promp. Parv.): cf. also skeigh and askoye.] ? Shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse.1393 Gower Conf. II. 50 All sodeinly She passeth as it were a skie All clene out of this ladies sight. Oxford English Dictionary
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shy
▪ I. shy, n.1 (ʃaɪ) Pl. shies. [f. shy v.1] A sudden start aside made by a horse when it sees an object that frightens it.1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsem. ix. (1809) 106 [The horse] made a sort of a shy towards the cliff. 1857 Reade Course of True Love 166 In the middle of a great shy which her mare m... Oxford English Dictionary
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wow
▪ I. wow, n.1 (waʊ) [Imitative: cf. wough n., and bow-wow.] 1. a. A bark or similar sound. b. A waul.1811 Sporting Mag. XXXVII. 131 Johnson with a surly wow, wow. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 125 It's weak i' the wow, like Barr's cat. 1913 Blackw. Mag. Mar. 452/2 A barking deer explodes in an unexpect... Oxford English Dictionary
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stable
▪ I. stable, n.1 (ˈsteɪb(ə)l) Forms: 4–5 stabille, (5 -ylle), 4–5 stabul, 5 stabull(e, Sc. stabill, 5–6 stabil, 6 stabell, 7 stabel, 3– stable: pl. 4 stablen, 5 stablis, stablez, 6 stabullys, Sc. stabulez, 6– stables. [a. OF. estable masc. and fem., stable, also applied to a cowhouse, pigsty, etc. (... Oxford English Dictionary
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