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ˈskeeling Orkney dial. Also 6 skilling. [prob. of Scandinavian origin.] skeeling-goose, the sheldrake.
1578[see rout n.7]. 1684Sir R. Sibbald Scotia iii. 21 Skeeling-goose, de quo fama est, in ejus Ventriculo Grana Piperis reperiri, de quo tamen non constat. 1806Neill Tour Ork. & Shetl. 195 Skeel-goose, Shieldrake, Anas Tadorna. In Orkney it is sometimes also called skeeling-goose or skeel-duck. 1866T. Edmondston Gloss. Shetl. & Orkney 104. |