skeigh

American  

[skeekh] / skix /

Or skeech,

adjective

1. (of horses) spirited; inclined to shy.

2. (of women) proud; disdainful.

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adverb

1. proudly.

Other Word Forms

• skeighish
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of skeigh

First recorded in 1500–10; earlier skeich, late Middle English skey, perhaps continuing Old English scēoh shy ², with sk- from Middle Dutch schu “shy”

Example Sentences

Maggie coost' her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh;   Ha, ha, the wooing o't.

From Old Ballads by Various

The moor was dreigh, and Meg was skeigh, Her favour Duncan could na win; For wi' the rock she wad him knock, And aye she shook the temper-pin.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

When thou an’ I were young an’ skeigh, An’ stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, an’ snore, an’ skreigh, An’ tak the road!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh An' tak the road!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Maggie coost her head fu’ high, Look’d asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o’t.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert