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ˈskybald Sc. and north. dial.
Forms: 6, 8–9 skybald, 6 schy-, 9 skybauld, -belt; 6 skay-, skybell, 9 skybal, -bel, -ble, skebal, -bel, scybel, -ble, etc.
[Of obscure origin.]
A low, rascally, or contemptible fellow; a lean or worn-out person or animal; a worthless article, etc.
a1572Knox Hist. Reform. Wks. 1848 II. 11 Fy, lett us never leive efter this day, that we sall recule for Frenche schybaldis. 1580Extr. Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 77 Geveand to him money iniurius wordis, sick as knayf, skay⁓bell, matteyne, and lowne. c1587Montgomerie Sonnets xxiv, A skurvie skybell for to be eshued. 1728Ramsay General Mistake 154 Poor skybalds! curs'd with more of wealth than wit. 1804R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. (c 1850) 115 Oft did he wish aw sec skeybels were hang'd. 1825–in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Sc. and N. Irel.).
attrib.a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 126 Learne, skybalde knaue, to knaw thy sell. |