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ˈskellat Sc. and † north. Now rare.
Forms: 4 skellet, 6– skellat, 9 skellit, skillet, -at.
[ad. OF. *eskelette (escalete, esqualette), var. of eschelette, etc., dim. of esquelle, eschelle (cf. med.Lat. scella, scilla, It. squilla, Sp. esquila, Prov. esquella), ad. OHG. scella, scilla (MHG. and G. schelle), related to the verb scellan (G. schellen) to sound, resound, ring.]
1. A small bell, a hand-bell, used for ecclesiastical purposes, or by a bellman. Also transf., a scolding, railing woman.
Also, ‘a sort of iron rattle, used for the same purpose as a hand-bell, for making proclamations on the street’ (Jamieson).
1398–9Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 268 In j corda de canabo emp. pro skellet, ij d. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 50 Vnto no mess pressit this prelat, For sound of sacring bell nor skellat. a1810R. Tannahill ‘Come hame to your lingels’ 5 Guidwife, ye're a skillet, your tongue's just a bell. 1856J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 214 The triple tinkle of his skellat was heard. 1883R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sk. 11 The small bell, called the skellat or shrill-toned bell, also called the fire bell, is not hung.
2. attrib., as skellat-bell, skellat-bellman, skellat-tongue.
1578in R. S. Fittis Eccl. Annals Perth (1885) 43 The Assembly ordains..to buy an Tow to the Little Skellet Bell. 1806J. Grahame Birds of Scot. 37 Skillet tongue, Shrilly reviling. 1827W. Taylor Poems 112 (E.D.D.), Here lies Maggie, a skillat bell,..Rail'd on her neibours air and late. 1864A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 114 A hand-bell, called the skellat-bell and by some the passing-bell, was rung through the streets. |