scuggeryn.
/ˈskʌɡəri/ northern dialect.
Concealment, secrecy.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]
dighelnessc1000
dernship?c1225
derna1250
concealmenta1325
hidnessc1330
hiddennessc1380
privy1384
secrenessc1386
secre1390
stillnessa1400
secretnessa1475
hodelnessec1475
scuggery?a1500
hugger-mugger1529
closeness1562
secrecy1563
privatenessa1586
covertness1592
hugger-mug1654
privacy1702
conspiracy of silence1865
hush-hush1973
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 253 in Poems (1981) 13 In skugry ay, throw rankest gers and corne, Vnder cowert full preuelie couth they creip.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 350 In scuggery, in secrecy; hid, as from creditors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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