In early use, a person (esp. a woman) of ribald speech; later, a woman (rarely a man) addicted to abusive language.

A person, esp. (now only) a woman given to railing or scolding or other perverse or malignant behaviour; frequently a scolding or turbulent wife.

A bold, impudent (†or wicked) woman; a termagant, a scold.

One who scolds. Formerly, †a common scold.

a woman who disturbs the peace of the neighbourhood by her constant scolding.

figurative. Applied to a savage, ill-tempered, or spiteful person, esp. a woman: cf. cat, n.1 2.

An ill-tempered quarrelsome woman; a shrew, a termagant.

A woman given to nagging; a scold. Cf. callet, v. 1. Now English regional (northern).

spec. A bad-tempered, overbearing woman; a shrew, a scold.

Chiefly British regional (frequently humorous or derogatory). A coarse, unsophisticated, or unattractive woman.

a woman who makes or sells butter, characterized as garrulous, argumentative, and bad-tempered.

opprobriously. A woman to whom the manners of such a housewife are attributed; a coarse, vulgar, scolding woman, a low beldam.

(A term of abuse.)

A scold.

a woman who makes or sells butter, characterized as garrulous, argumentative, and bad-tempered.

allusively. An ill-tempered woman or wife, a shrew, a scold (with plural Xantippes).

transferred. One who is likened to an infernal spirit or minister of vengeance; esp. a ferociously angry or malignant woman.

figurative. A person supposed to resemble a Tartar in disposition; a rough and violent or irritable and intractable person.

A cross, ill-tempered person. (Usually applied to a girl or woman; Scott makes it masculine.)

(a) a bad-tempered, overbearing woman; a scold (rare); (b) a meagre dowry; (hence) very little, nothing.

A virago, a spit-fire. Cf. brim, n.4

A loud, coarse, or quarrelsome woman; a scold, a virago.

a female hawker of fish, a fishwife.

A wild, ill-behaved, boisterous, or disorderly man or woman; a roisterer, a rogue; a rake; a minx.

A small bell, a hand-bell, used for ecclesiastical purposes, or by a bellman. Also transferred, a scolding, railing woman.

The man or woman personating the ill-used husband or the offending wife in the procession (see 2) intended to ridicule the one or the other. Also…

One who targes; a termagant; a scold.

attributive, as skellat-bell, skellat-bellman, skellat-tongue.

Applied to a cross-grained or quarrelsome person, esp. a woman. colloquial. [? Associated with cat.]

A nagging person.

In Jewish usage: a noisy, vulgar, interfering, or annoying woman; (now) esp. one who gossips, a busybody; one given to nagging or scolding, a shrew.