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ANTRIM AND DOWN QLOSSART. 91 8kart> Scart, ah, a cormorant Skeeg, sh. a small quantity. Same as a Wee drop. * There's no a skeeg o' watther in the kettle.' Same as Sqoig. Skee-weep, 8h. a dash ; a smear ; something indistinct in writing. adj, restless ; frisky. Skelf, (1) sh, a splinter or chip. ' He got a ekdf o' wud ondher 'is naiL' (2) V, to splinter. Skelly, (1) «&. a guess; an unsuccessful attempt. *You made a queer Mdly at it' (2) v. to squint. Skelp, (1) ah. a blow. (2) V. to run ; to slap. Skemliiiy sh, a quantity of peat dug from the edges t)f a bog-hole, and tlut>wn in to be mixed, and afterwards taken out and dried. ' Tak' a skemlin afl that side o* the hole.' SkeoWy sb, a large flat barge, used to receive the mud raised by a dredging machine. Skep, sb. a straw bee-hive. Skerry brand, sb. sheet lightning. Skey, sh, a small artificial island forming part of an eel-weir. Skiff, sb. a slight shower. Skillety ab. a small saucepan. Skillop, ab. a gonge-shaped borer, of tapered form, for wood. Skimp, V, to stint. Skimpy, adj. a tight fit ; short ; deficient in quantity. Skin a fairy, v. said of very cold weather. ' Dear, but it's that cowl it would skin a fairy, ^ Skinadhre, ab, a thin, fleshless, stunted person. Skink, ab. a mixture to drink. Skip, a box in which stones are hoisted out of a quarry ; a basket or crate to contain live fowls in transit ; a large basket. Skip-jack, ab. the merry-thought of a goose made into a child's toy. See Jump- jack. Skirl, (!) ab. a, cry or scream. (2) V. to scream Skirr, ab, a sea-bird, the tern. Skirt, V. to run