skelf
/ (skɛlf) /
nounScot and Northern English dialect
a splinter of wood, esp when embedded accidentally in the skin
a thin or diminutive person
Origin of skelf
1from Scottish; see shelf
Words Nearby skelf
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How to use skelf in a sentence
They're her beuks maistly upo' the skelf there abune yer ain, Mr. Sutherlan'.
David Elginbrod | George MacDonaldYell be a arable man; alls carrs hereabouts; but I dont doubt ye know all about skelf-Mary.
Back o' the Moon | Oliver OnionsI supped and lay that night in his hut; and by eight oclock next morning he had conducted me to the village of skelf-Mary.
Back o' the Moon | Oliver OnionsIt wasna an ill w'y to beery fowk, nor an ill place to gang til, for they aye biggit up the skelf, ye ken.
Heather and Snow | George MacDonald
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