"skelder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɛldə(ɹ)/ Forms: skelders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skelder (plural skelders)
  1. (obsolete) A vagrant; a cheat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-skelder-en-noun-WUunPvjW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɛldə(ɹ)/ Forms: skelders [present, singular, third-person], skeldering [participle, present], skeldered [participle, past], skeldered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} skelder (third-person singular simple present skelders, present participle skeldering, simple past and past participle skeldered)
  1. (archaic) To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-skelder-en-verb-zg1vKfju

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) A vagrant; a cheat."
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          "text": "they have been delivered to me by tale I am to pay them over to Lord Dalgarno, whose boy waits for them, and I could not skelder one piece out of them",
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