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▪ I. † skyre, n. Sc. Obs.
(Meaning uncertain.)
1508Dunbar Flyting 122 Ffy! skolderit skyn, thow art bot skyre and skrumple.
▪ II. skyre, v. Sc.
(Sc. skaɪr)
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To be bright or glaring; to flaunt. Hence ˈskyring ppl. a., bright or loud in colour; glaring; conspicuous.
1677Nicolson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Lit. (1870) IX. 318 Skire, to shine. 1724Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1733) I. 25 Nae skyring gowk, my dear, can see Or love, or grace, or heaven in thee. 1760J. Barclay Battle of Sheriffmuir in Jacobite Songs (1871) 35 Had ye seen the philabegs And skyrin tartan trews. 1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 107 They do not wonder even at meteors, for the air is full of them, and they go skyring through the stars. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 169 That braw French merino 't she's been skyrin in. |