scovyadj.
dialect.
Streaked, mottled, smeared.
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mottle1676
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scovy1777
mottledy1929
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 382 Scovy wool,..wool of Several Colours, not duely mixt in Scribling—but Streaky... Scovy Cloth,..when the Abb, or the Woof, is not all of the same Colour,..& the Cloth appears in Streaks or Lines.
1864 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall 21 Mar. Scovey, spotted, mottled.
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 120 Go an' scrub thickee planche floor again; 'tez za scawvy I'm ashamed tü zee 'n.’
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