† skerryn.¹

Forms: Also 1500s skerrey.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Obsolete.

(See later quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun] > small

floine13..

skerry1541

barbot1579

1541 Will of W. Coney (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/28) f. 189 A little boote otherwyse callyd a Skerrey.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 531 Little punts or boats that will carry but two apeece, (which they call Skerries).

1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. Skerry, a small boat, formerly much used in the fenny districts.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 25 Islands..to which the Croyland men went in their boats or skerries to milk the cows—the boats being so small that they could carry only two men and their milk-pails.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

skerryn.²

Brit.

/ˈskɛri/, U.S.

/ˈskɛri/

Etymology: Orkney dialect, < Old Norse sker (Norwegian skjer, Swedish skär, Danish skær), whence also Gaelic sgeir.

A rugged insulated sea-rock or stretch of rocks, covered by the sea at high water or in stormy weather; a reef.

a. With reference to Scotland, esp. those parts of it formerly under Scandinavian influence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > [noun]

skelly1513

reef1579

rockray1582

head1584

skerry1612

key1693

ridge1695

cay1707

1612 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 481/1 Ony landis, annuel~rentis, Iles, skerreis, holmes..within the erldome of Orknay.

1654 W. J. Blaeu Atlas Scotia 135 Minimæ partes vocantur Scopuli (vulgari apud Incolas Orcadum nomine Skerries).

a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 93.

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 300 Near this Pentland Skerry, there are two or three other skerries or rocks, on which there is not nourishment for any tame living creature.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney i. ii. 18 There are several [islands] which are overflowed at high water, and have scarcely any soil... These..are called Skerries.

1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 373 The islands, or skerries, which..skirt the forbidding coast on the western side of the Hebrides.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 62 The rocks stretch seaward in rugged ledges and skerries.

b. In general use.

ΚΠ

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 40 Rocky islets known to the Danes as ‘skerries’.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 512 I see his black bows strike The hidden skerry.

1885 S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis II. 251 Between islands and tiny skerries, the steamer speeds on.

2. Without article.

ΚΠ

1847 H. Miller Test. Rocks (1857) i. 19 Rock and skerry are brown with sea-weed.

a1856 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Cruise of Betsey (1858) 273 The tempest weltered round reef and skerry.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 3 From reef and rock and skerry—over headland, ness, and voe.

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

skerryadj.n.³

Brit.

/ˈskɛri/, U.S.

/ˈskɛri/

Etymology: Of uncertain origin.

A. adj.

Of the nature of shale; shaly, slaty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective] > steep or precipitous

prerupt1603

precipitate1615

precipitating1615

precipitious1631

precipit1648

precipitous1660

skerrya1800

steeped-to1858

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > shale

shaly1681

skerrya1800

shillety1808

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Skerry, shaley... Derb. Spoken of coals.

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 59 Brown skerry stone.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xvi. 296 Grey shale and thin skerry laminae.

B. n.³

Earth or stone of a shaly nature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale

metal1672

shale1747

shillet1777

plate1794

skerry1844

plate-shale1881

plate rock1893

1844 H. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Drainage Land 140 From this depth..was nine feet to the water, then one foot of yellow skerry and sand.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 240 Skerry, the thin, grey, partially laminated bands occurring in the red brick earth near Bosworth.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 224 Skerries, greenish-white micaceous sandstone.

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

n.¹1541

n.²1612

adj.n.³a1800

单词	skerry
释义	† skerryn.¹ Forms: Also 1500s skerrey. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Obsolete. (See later quots.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun] > small floine13.. skerry1541 barbot1579 1541 Will of W. Coney (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/28) f. 189 A little boote otherwyse callyd a Skerrey. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 531 Little punts or boats that will carry but two apeece, (which they call Skerries). 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. Skerry, a small boat, formerly much used in the fenny districts. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 25 Islands..to which the Croyland men went in their boats or skerries to milk the cows—the boats being so small that they could carry only two men and their milk-pails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). skerryn.² Brit. /ˈskɛri/, U.S. /ˈskɛri/ Etymology: Orkney dialect, < Old Norse sker (Norwegian skjer, Swedish skär, Danish skær), whence also Gaelic sgeir. A rugged insulated sea-rock or stretch of rocks, covered by the sea at high water or in stormy weather; a reef. 1. a. With reference to Scotland, esp. those parts of it formerly under Scandinavian influence. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > [noun] skelly1513 reef1579 rockray1582 head1584 skerry1612 key1693 ridge1695 cay1707 1612 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 481/1 Ony landis, annuel~rentis, Iles, skerreis, holmes..within the erldome of Orknay. 1654 W. J. Blaeu Atlas Scotia 135 Minimæ partes vocantur Scopuli (vulgari apud Incolas Orcadum nomine Skerries). a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 93. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 300 Near this Pentland Skerry, there are two or three other skerries or rocks, on which there is not nourishment for any tame living creature. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney i. ii. 18 There are several [islands] which are overflowed at high water, and have scarcely any soil... These..are called Skerries. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 373 The islands, or skerries, which..skirt the forbidding coast on the western side of the Hebrides. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 62 The rocks stretch seaward in rugged ledges and skerries. b. In general use. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 40 Rocky islets known to the Danes as ‘skerries’. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 512 I see his black bows strike The hidden skerry. 1885 S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis II. 251 Between islands and tiny skerries, the steamer speeds on. 2. Without article. ΚΠ 1847 H. Miller Test. Rocks (1857) i. 19 Rock and skerry are brown with sea-weed. a1856 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Cruise of Betsey (1858) 273 The tempest weltered round reef and skerry. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 3 From reef and rock and skerry—over headland, ness, and voe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skerryadj.n.³ Brit. /ˈskɛri/, U.S. /ˈskɛri/ Etymology: Of uncertain origin. A. adj. Of the nature of shale; shaly, slaty. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective] > steep or precipitous prerupt1603 precipitate1615 precipitating1615 precipitious1631 precipit1648 precipitous1660 skerrya1800 steeped-to1858 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > shale shaly1681 skerrya1800 shillety1808 a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Skerry, shaley... Derb. Spoken of coals. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 59 Brown skerry stone. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xvi. 296 Grey shale and thin skerry laminae. B. n.³ Earth or stone of a shaly nature. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale metal1672 shale1747 shillet1777 plate1794 skerry1844 plate-shale1881 plate rock1893 1844 H. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Drainage Land 140 From this depth..was nine feet to the water, then one foot of yellow skerry and sand. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 240 Skerry, the thin, grey, partially laminated bands occurring in the red brick earth near Bosworth. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 224 Skerries, greenish-white micaceous sandstone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1541n.²1612adj.n.³a1800
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