skeerv.¹

Forms: Also 1600s skeere.

Etymology: Compare skirr v.

Now dialect.

transitive. = skirr v. 4.For intransitive uses, current in Somerset and Wiltshire, see the Eng. Dial. Dict.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion

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1636 R. James tr. Minucius Felix Octavius 8 Children sportfully contending who should skeere shells farthest upon the top of the sea.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 51/1 Skeer, to skim a stone on the surface of the water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

skeerv.²

Forms: Also skare.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skara.

Etymology: < Old Norse skara (still in Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish dialect), in the same sense. For the form skeer compare scare v.

dialect.

transitive. To poke out (ashes), clear out (a fire) by poking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > clean house or room [verb (transitive)] > clean out fire

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1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 17 Skeer the Esse: Cheshire. Separate the dead ashes from the Embers.

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms Skare, ‘to skare the fire,’ to stir it at the bottom and potter the dust out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skeer
释义	skeerv.¹ Forms: Also 1600s skeere. Etymology: Compare skirr v. Now dialect. transitive. = skirr v. 4.For intransitive uses, current in Somerset and Wiltshire, see the Eng. Dial. Dict. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion thirl1587 skeer1636 twirl1646 skirra1652 squirr1710 squirry1825 1636 R. James tr. Minucius Felix Octavius 8 Children sportfully contending who should skeere shells farthest upon the top of the sea. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 51/1 Skeer, to skim a stone on the surface of the water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). skeerv.² Forms: Also skare. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skara. Etymology: < Old Norse skara (still in Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish dialect), in the same sense. For the form skeer compare scare v. dialect. transitive. To poke out (ashes), clear out (a fire) by poking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > clean house or room [verb (transitive)] > clean out fire skeer1673 skail1790 shed1873 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 17 Skeer the Esse: Cheshire. Separate the dead ashes from the Embers. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms Skare, ‘to skare the fire,’ to stir it at the bottom and potter the dust out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.¹1636v.²1673
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