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skaillie Sc.|ˈskelɪ|
Forms: 5 scailȝee, 6 skal-, skelȝe, skail-, 6–7 scailyie, 7 -yee, scailzie, 8 scaillie, skailly, 7– skaillie; 8 skell(e)y, 9 skeelie, skyl(l)ie.
[a. MDu. schaelie (mod.Du. schalie), or ad. OF. escaille (mod.F. écaille): see scale n.2]
†1. Blue roofing-slate. Obs.
Frequently mentioned along with slate; on the distinction see quot. 1808.
1496Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 275 To the man that brocht vp the scailȝee. 1516Ibid. V. 115 To Johne Kelsaucht, sklatter of Striveling, to by skalȝe for the castel in Edinburgh. 1584Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 678 To carie the sklaittis, skailyie, lyme, sand, and tymmer. 1621Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 626 To thaick þe same agane with Sklait or skailyee. 1681Ibid., Chas. II (1820) VIII. 357 To be theiked with lead, sclait, scailyie or tyle. 1707Miege St. Gt. Brit. ii. 7 Slates..of a blue colour, which they call Skelley, and are made use of for covering the Houses of People of Quality. 1715Pennecuik Tweeddale 5 Here is to be found Marle,..Slait and Skailly. 1808Jamieson s.v., The name skaillie [in the north of Scotland] being confined to blue slates, while the flat stones, commonly used instead of them, are called brown sklates.
2. Slate-pencil. Also skaillie pen.
1808Jamieson, Skaillie Pen, a sort of pencil of soft slate, used for taking memorandums, or writing accounts on a slate. 1871Alexander J. Gibb ix. 69 A bit sclattie an' skaillie. 1885Strathesk More Bits iii. 42 To sharpen their slate-pencil or ‘skeelie’, as they call it. |