单词 | skeller |
释义 | skellerv. northern dialect. transitive. To cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > distort > twist and bend writheOE awarpc1300 warpa1400 skeller1691 coffer1784 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 63 Skellerd, warpt, cast, become crooked; Darbish. 1818 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Skellerd, crooked, out of the perpendicular. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Skeller, to warp, to cast. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby It's all skeller'd to one side. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) Paint blistered with heat is also said to be skellered. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Jan. Not without fear and trembling lest the wood should prove perverse and ‘skellow’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1691 |
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