swelchien.
/ˈswɛlxi/ Scottish ? Obsolete.
A whirlpool; also, the local name for the race in Pentland Firth.
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a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) i. 5 On the North side of this Isle, is a part of the Firth called the Swelchee of Stroma..very dangerous.
1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney i. ii. 44 Did we credit the tales of former times, wells and swelchies,..gulphs and whirlpools, are constantly surrounding this island [sc. Swanay], like so many gaping monsters.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. ii. 36 Through all the waws, wells, and swelchies of the Pentland Firth.
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. Swilkie,..Cai[thness]. A large whirlpool in the sea.
1910 Blackwood's Mag. June 897/1 The swilkies of Stroma and Swona.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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