释义 |
skeller, v. north. dial.|ˈskɛlə(r)| [Of obscure origin.] trans. To cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat. (Cf. skellow v.)
1691Ray N.C. Words (ed. 2) 63 Skellerd, warpt, cast, become crooked; Darbish. 1818Wilbraham Chesh. Gloss., Skellerd, crooked, out of the perpendicular. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Skeller, to warp, to cast. 1876F. K. Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., It's all skeller'd to one side. 1883Almondb. & Huddersf. Gloss. s.v., Paint blistered with heat is also said to be skellered. |