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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɛli/ Forms: skellies [plural]
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{uder|en|non|*skjelga}} Old Norse *skjelga, {{gloss|"to squint"; found only in the reflexive <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">skjelgask</i> (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)}} ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skilgijaną||to squint}} Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skelhaz}} Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kel-||to bend; crook}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”), {{cog|da|skele||to squint}} Danish skele (“to squint”), {{cog|sv|skela||to squint}} Swedish skela (“to squint”), {{cog|sco|skellie}} Scots skellie, {{cog|de|schielen||to squint}} German schielen (“to squint”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} skelly (plural skellies)
  1. (Scotland, archaic) A squint. Tags: Scotland, archaic Categories (topical): Vision
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɛli/ Forms: skellies [plural]
Etymology: From a clipping of skeleton + -y (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|skeleton|nocap=1}} clipping of skeleton, {{suf|en||y|id2=diminutive|pos2=diminutive suffix}} + -y (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} skelly (plural skellies)
  1. (slang) A skeleton, especially a human one. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-skelly-en-noun-Zv7sDlmo Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɛli/
Etymology: Variant of skully. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} skelly (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: skully (extra: street game of flicking caps)
    Sense id: en-skelly-en-noun-sueFrpsh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 2 12 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 3 12 31 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 12 31 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɛli/ Forms: skellies [present, singular, third-person], skellying [participle, present], skellied [participle, past], skellied [past]
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{uder|en|non|*skjelga}} Old Norse *skjelga, {{gloss|"to squint"; found only in the reflexive <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">skjelgask</i> (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)}} ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skilgijaną||to squint}} Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skelhaz}} Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kel-||to bend; crook}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”), {{cog|da|skele||to squint}} Danish skele (“to squint”), {{cog|sv|skela||to squint}} Swedish skela (“to squint”), {{cog|sco|skellie}} Scots skellie, {{cog|de|schielen||to squint}} German schielen (“to squint”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} skelly (third-person singular simple present skellies, present participle skellying, simple past and past participle skellied)
  1. (Scotland) To squint. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Vision
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  2. (Scotland) To look at Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-skelly-en-verb-ofzNdYfa Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 2 12 32 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 3 12 31 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 12 31 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "A squint."
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          "ref": "1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 87:",
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        "To look at"
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        "(Scotland) To look at"
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɛli/"
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    "Skully (game)"
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