† scafferyn.

Forms: Also 1500s skafrie, skaif(f)ry, 1600s scafferie.

Etymology: < scaff v.¹ or scaffer n.: see -ery suffix.

Scottish. Obsolete.

Extortion; extortionate taking of perquisites.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun]

extortionc1340

askingc1400

extort power1492

exactiona1513

bribing1533

extort1541

pollage?1542

bloodsucking1548

scaffery1555

eviction1560

wringing1589

wresting1611

screwing1680

squeezing1681

extortinga1711

wringing1730

over-pull1867

Rachmanism1963

Rachmanship1963

1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 500/1 The wemen perturbatouris for skafrie of money or otherwyse salbe [etc.].

1561 Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 335 Na skaiffry, sic as sampill and scheit schakin, to be tane thairof.

1606 Act of Council in Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 616/2 The with-gait and libertie grantit vnto Suche shamefull scafferie and extortioun.

1634 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1904) 2nd Ser. V. 186 For componing..with nombers of thame and taking of compositions frome thame..quilk is a foule coosening scafferie.

a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 662 Lyke as the poorer sort in the burrowes sould not have escaped the importable scafferie intended.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scaffery
释义	† scafferyn. Forms: Also 1500s skafrie, skaif(f)ry, 1600s scafferie. Etymology: < scaff v.¹ or scaffer n.: see -ery suffix. Scottish. Obsolete. Extortion; extortionate taking of perquisites. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 500/1 The wemen perturbatouris for skafrie of money or otherwyse salbe [etc.]. 1561 Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 335 Na skaiffry, sic as sampill and scheit schakin, to be tane thairof. 1606 Act of Council in Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 616/2 The with-gait and libertie grantit vnto Suche shamefull scafferie and extortioun. 1634 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1904) 2nd Ser. V. 186 For componing..with nombers of thame and taking of compositions frome thame..quilk is a foule coosening scafferie. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 662 Lyke as the poorer sort in the burrowes sould not have escaped the importable scafferie intended. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1555
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