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单词 skaillie
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skaillien.

Brit. /ˈskeɪli/, U.S. /ˈskeɪli/, Scottish English /ˈskelɪ/
Forms: Middle English scailȝee, 1500s skal-, skelȝe, skail-, 1500s–1600s scailyie, 1600s scailyee, scailzie, 1700s scaillie, skailly, 1600s– skaillie; 1700s skell(e)y, 1800s skeelie, skyl(l)ie.
Etymology: < Middle Dutch schaelie (modern Dutch schalie ), or < Old French escaille (modern French écaille ): see scale n.2
Scottish.
1. Blue roofing-slate. Obsolete.Frequently mentioned along with slate; on the distinction see quot. 1808.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > for roofing > types of
skaillie1496
Stonesfield slate1855
Welsh lay1891
Collyweston1949
1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 275 To the man that brocht vp the scailȝee.
1516 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 115 To Johne Kelsaucht, sklatter of Striveling, to by skalȝe for the castel in Edinburgh.
1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 678 To carie the sklaittis, skailyie, lyme, sand, and tymmer.
1621 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 626 To thaick þe same agane with Sklait or skailyee.
1681 Sc. Acts, Chas. II (1820) VIII. 357 To be theiked with lead, sclait, scailyie or tyle.
1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. ii. ii. 7 Slates..of a blue colour, which they call Skelley, and are made use of for covering the Houses of People of Quality.
1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 5 Here is to be found Marle,..Slait and Skailly.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The name skaillie [in the north of Scotland] being confined to blue slates, while the flat stones, commonly used instead of them, are called brown sklates.
2. Slate-pencil. Also skaillie pen.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pencil > slate pencil
slate pencil1761
skaillie1808
peak1825
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Skaillie Pen, a sort of pencil of soft slate, used for taking memorandums, or writing accounts on a slate.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ix. 69 A bit sclattie an' skaillie.
1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny iii. 42 To sharpen their slate-pencil or ‘skeelie’, as they call it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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