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265 Skeeny. A sharp and gusty wind. c. Sker, or Skeer. To scrape or scramble down a place. "To come scraping down/' To rub against. To abrade, as " Ive skerred my hand." Skerret, or Skivet. (c.) See Skibbet. Skerrish. Privet, c. See Skedgwith. Skerriniudge, It is not used of a scaramouch, or buffoon, in Cornwall, but is the name of a toy of a grotesquely human shape, the limbs of which are moved by a string so as to make strange antics. Skerry- Werry. A slight active person. " We seed little skerry-werry cut by Eawe's door." /. T. Tregellas. Skew. Thick drizzling rain. u.J.T. A driving mist. C. Probably from the Celtic Cornish word huaz, a shower of rain. (To skew, to shun. Carew.) Skibbet^ Skivet, or Skerret. A small box fixed in one end of a larger one. " Look in the box and you'll find it in the skibbet." Skiddery. See Skittery. Skimp. To scamp. Q.v. SkimpingS. The lightest and poorest part of the tin ore in the dressing of it. Skipper, or Hopper. A kind of insect infesting hams. Skirt, or Skeert. Short. Skirtings. The diaphragm of an animal.