120 TUB DIALECT OF Skeldmanthorpe, perhaps Scheldtman Uiorpe, a village near Huddersfield. Skellered (pronounced shell er*d), warped, become croolted, as a door made of green wood. Paint blistered with heat is also said to be skeJltred, Perhaps connected with Bcale, to peel off. Skelp, to beat, or whip. [The original sense of this word is allied to Bcahy or shelly an outside covering that easily peels off ; whence tkelp, to flay, to flog so as to fetch the skin off ; secondarily, to beat gener- aUy.— W. W. S.] Skep, or Skip, a basket made of willow, &c. Hall, says made of rushes, or straw. A coal-scuttle is a ooal-«A;n>, of whatever material it may be made. Skew (pronouiiced sJcaoo), to peep out of the comer of the eye ; to turn up the nose, or to twist in general. At a Huddersfield tnal, Dec. 1861, when speaking of an assault on a woman, a witness said,
- He skewed her up and down like a barley mow.'
Skift, to shift. Skimannderiiig, hanging or hovering about. A word known at £irk Burton and Almondbxiry. Skimmering, peeping out of a window, round a corner, &c. Skitter, to hurry over or spoil work. A skittered piece of cloth is one irregular in colour or texture. Skrike (pronounced skrauk, and also skreek), to screech. See Scrike. Skylant (pronounced skawlant), askew, &c. ' They looked lather akylant at me,^ i, e. looked askew with a sinister intention. Sky parloor (pronounced skaw-paaler), the attics of a house. Slack (pronounced sleek ; gl. slek), small coal. Slaithwaite (pronounced Slowlt ; gl. Slou'it), a village near Huddersfield : seems formerly to have been Slack-thwaite, Slake (pronounced sleek), to wet lime ; to wet in general ; to put out the flre with water. Slam, to shuffle the feet forward in walking. On one occasion the well-known Torney North, of Fenay Hall, was returning from Huddersfield in muddy weather, and was accompanied by his Sancho bearing the legal bag. A neighbouring tradesman walked with them up the Bank. Sancho, to curry favour with his master, thus addressed the tradesman (J. S.) : * Johnny, dunnot alam sooa ; yo'U slart Mester North his stockins.' Johnny replied, *Tha greasy dog, I dunnot slam^ nor never did.* North put an end to the dialogue by saying in a loud tone, * I say, Johnny, you do alam.* Not a word more was spoken ; the lawyei^s decision was ruled absolute.
