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ˈskellat Sc. and † north. Now rare. Forms: 4 skellet, 6– skellat, 9 skellit, skillet, -at. [ad. OF. *eskelette (escalete, esqualette), var. of eschelette, etc., dim. of esquelle, eschelle (cf. med.Lat. scella, scilla, It. squilla, Sp. esquila, Prov. esquella), ad. OHG. scella, scilla (MHG. and G. sc...
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skellach
skellach Sc. (ˈskɛləx) Also 7 skelloche. [Alteration of skellat.] A small bell. Also attrib.1653 in R. S. Fittis Eccl. Annals Perth (1885) 43 On the Skelloche littill Bell, anno dom. 1400. 1851 D. Wilson Preh. Ann. II. iv. ix. (1863) 474 The recovery of another iron skellach..which lay buried..along...
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Dougal Graham
Dougal Graham, born in the Raploch, Stirlingshire, Scotland, around 1725 and died in 1779, became the skellat bellman of Glasgow at some time around 1770 Graham settled in Glasgow, and is said to have become a printer, but this is doubtful; at all events he became 'skellat,' bellman or town-crier, of Glasgow
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skillet
▪ I. skillet1 (ˈskɪlɪt) Forms: α. 5 skelet(t, 6–7, 9 skellet (7, 9 -it), 8 scellet. β. 6 skyllet, 7 skillett, 6– skillet. [Of obscure origin. The sense is against connexion with OF. eschelette, etc., a little bell (see skellat), and both form and sense differ from OF. escuelete, esculette, a small p...
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press
▪ I. press, n.1 (prɛs) Forms: α. 3–7 presse, (4 presce), 4– press. β. 3–6 pres (dat. 3–4 prese, prece), 4–6 prees, prese, prece, 5 preesse, Sc. preys, 5–6 preas, preese, Sc. preis, 5–7 preace, preasse, 6 Sc. preise, preiss, ? prais, 6–7 prease. [Two distinct forms: α. ME. presse, a. F. presse (11th ...
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sound
▪ I. sound, n.1 (saʊnd) Forms: α. 1, 3–4 sund (4–5 sonde), 5–6 sownd(e, sounde, 4– sound. β. 5, 7 sown, 6–7 sowne, 8 Sc. soun. [Partly OE. sund swimming, water, sea, and partly a. ON. sund swimming, strait (Norw. sund swimming, swim-bladder, strait, ferry; Sw. and Da. sund strait; G. sund is a late ...
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