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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SKELLY

Skel "ly, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dan. skele, Sw. skela.]

 

Defn: To squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

SKELLY

SKELLY Skel "ly, n.

 

Defn: A squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

skelly

skelly 1 |ˈskɛli | ▶adjective Scottish cross-eyed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: based on Old Norse skjálgr ‘wry, oblique ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

skelly

skelly 1 |ˈskɛli | ▶adjective Scottish cross-eyed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: based on Old Norse skjálgr ‘wry, oblique ’.

 

skelly

skelly 2 ▶noun variant spelling of schelly.