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▪ I. skiffling, vbl. n.1|ˈskɪflɪŋ| [Cf. scabbling, scaffling, scappling vbl. ns.] (See quot. a 1877.)
a1877Knight Dict. Mech. III. 2195/1 Skiffling, knobbing. Knocking off the rough corners of ashlar in the preliminary dressing. 1901J. Black Masonry 23 For ragstone ashlar work, the stone, when quarried, has its rough projections knocked off with a heavy double⁓pointed hammer... This operation is locally [sc. in Kent] called ‘skiffling’, and is the same as that known in the neighbourhood of London and other parts of the country by the term of ‘knobbling’. ▪ II. skiffling, vbl. n.2 see skiffle. |