skelf

skelf |skɛlf | ▶noun Scottish 1 a splinter or sliver of wood. 2 informal a troublesome or annoying person. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘shelf ’): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf 1. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent.

skelf

skelf |skɛlf | ▶noun Scottish 1 a splinter or sliver of wood. 2 informal a troublesome or annoying person. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘shelf ’): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf 1. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent.