† skaitbirdn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning uncertain.) Guessed by Jamieson on insufficient grounds to be ‘the Arctic Gull’. The first element might be Norwegian and Swedish skata (Danish skade) magpie.
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1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Skaldit skaitbird and commoun skamelar.
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n.1568- the pair of them
- the pair of us
- the pair of you
- the palace
- the palaceward
- the palouse
- the pantiles
- the party is over
- the past is another country
- the past is prologue
- the path of true love never did run smooth
- the patience of job
- the patience of job's turkey
- the patter of little feet
- the patter of tiny feet
- the peace of the church
- the peg
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- the penny dropped
- the pentice
- the perfect end of a perfect day
- the perfect end to a perfect day
- the pestilence
- the pestilence of a penny
- the pestle of a lark