skailn.
/skeɪl/, U.S. /skeɪl/, Scottish English /skel/ northern dialect and Scottish.
1. A dispersal or separation; a scattering.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions > instance of
skaila1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15541 Þis ilke night sal be a skaile bi-tuix ȝu and me.
1625 in Lang Hist. Scot. (1904) III. i. 8 There would be a scaill among our Counsellors and the Sessioners.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The skail of the kirk.
1837 Voluntary Church Mag. Jan. 12 The skail of the kirk and the dismissal of the court happening at the same time.
1871 J. Richardson Cummerland Talk 1st Ser. 47 They wad mak a bonnie scail o' thur scrafflen things 'at git silver cups.
2. A dispersed company; a scattered party.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > irregular arrangement > a straggling or scattered array
skail1487
sprawl1827
straggle1865
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions > those so driven
skail1827
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 337 He Saw bot the fleand scaill, perfay, And thame that sesyt in the pray.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 160 Within the yetts, that stood unlockit To catch the skails, that..Cam' rushin' in.
3. Mining. (See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings > parts of
skail1860
split1883
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > division of ventilating current in mine
skail1860
split1883
1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 62 Scale of air—a small portion of air abstracted from the main current.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Scale, a small portion of the ventilative current in a mine passing through a certain-sized aperture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skailv.
/skeɪl/, U.S. /skeɪl/, Scottish English /skel/ northern dialect and Scottish.
I. To scatter, spread, and related uses.† 3. To spread out, distend. Obsolete. rare.
1. absolute.c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 115 He yat gaderis nocht with him, scaylis.† b. To spread (a rumour, tale, etc.). Obsolete.
a. transitive. To scatter or disperse (a thing or collection of things).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions
to-driveOE
to-dreveOE
to-skairc1175
scattera1300
skaila1300
disparplea1325
sheda1325
discatterc1330
to-scattera1382
sparple1382
to-rusha1387
to-sparplea1387
deperpeyla1400
rat1402
sever1412
to-ratc1440
disparklec1449
scarkle1450
sparklea1470
disperse1503
shudderc1540
sparse1549
dissipate?c1550
to wap sindry1563
squander1622
rout1641
to feeze about1689
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26021 Þis reuth es like a castand gin, Scailand a hepe es samen o sin.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27899 For all þat euer festis wiit, Drunkennes þan skailes it.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. 2443 Qwha skalis his thoucht in syndrynes, In althynge it is þe les.
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 378 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 40 Here slane has bene mony men, Of quham þe hedis in placis sere ar scalyt.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 115 Gif the vassallis be nocht with thair lord, thai ar agaynis him, and scailis his gudis.
c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 14 Haill, beyme to skaill of ded þe dirk vmbrakill!
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 453 Lyk a certane sone, new risen to skail and skattir the Cloudis of al tumulte.
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds i. 8 It has skail't the daunert wits o' the master.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 990 This is termed skailing the air; for otherwise the gas would kindle at the furnace.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 125 The pains that Nature takes to ‘scale’ her species.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 447 Bot the tithandis var scalit sone, Of the deid douglass had done.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1300 Throuch braid Bretane the woice tharoff was scalyt.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 32 This ilk wenche..Glaidlie this rumour gan throw the peple skaill.
c. To scatter or spread (hay, manure, mole-hills, etc.) over the ground. Also, to clear (land) of mole-hills by scattering them.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > treat with other natural fertilizer > spread fertilizer
skaila1642
marl1791
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > clear of mole-hills
skail1822
(a)
(b)1822 T. Bewick Mem. 14 To ‘scale’ the pastures and meadows, that is to spread the mole hills over the surface of the ground.1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 713 They are also required to scale, mole, and dress the Cow Hill.a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 82 Then att night..hee..scaled the hey aboute in little heapes.
1764 Museum Rusticum 2 247 They lead out their fold-garth manure, and scale, or spread it immediately from the waggon.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 95 Skale, or Skail, to scatter or throw abroad, as molehills are when levelled.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 143 Some..skail, Wi' eager nebs, the dusky frozen turf.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Scale Manure is dropped on land from a cart in isolated little heaps which are subsequently scaled, that is, scattered evenly over the surface.
d. dialect. To rake out; to clear with a poker.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > clean house or room [verb (transitive)] > clean out fire
skeer1673
skail1790
shed1873
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. at Scale Scale the Oven.
1867 B. Brierley Marlocks of Merriton i. i The youth with the poker commenced ‘scaling’ the fire.
2. figurative.1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. cxx. 299 Alas! I have skailed more of Christ's grace,..than I have brought with me.absolute.a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A4v An old seck is ay skailing.1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy xxxvii. 441 It's a small offence to skail on a clarty floor.
a. To pour out; to shed; to spill.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > emit copiously [verb (transitive)]
outyeta1400
effundc1420
shed1430
diffude?a1475
skail1513
effuse1526
diffuse1541
flow1550
outwell1590
spend1602
pour1604
exfuse1612
effude1634
profund1657
efflux1669
profuse1771
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > copiously > in or as in a stream
runeOE
ayetOE
yetOE
hieldc1200
pourc1330
bleed1377
spouta1398
wella1398
outyeta1400
wellc1400
effundc1420
streama1425
shed1430
diffude?a1475
skail1513
peera1522
effuse1526
diffuse1541
flow1550
gusha1555
outpoura1560
brew1581
outwell1590
spend1602
spin1610
exfuse1612
guttera1618
effude1634
disembogue1641
profund1657
efflux1669
decant1742
profuse1771
sluice1859
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out > spill
shed?c1225
spilla1340
slop1557
skail1828
skedaddle1862
slob1894
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iii. 59 I sall vpon thaim a mirk schour doun schaill Of weit and wynd.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 Them that settis ther felicite to skattir & to skail blude.
1578 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 695 [They] skaillit and sparpallit the meill..in the said burne.
1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 80 Red-yards, ye ken.., Had skail'd of ours, but mair of his ain blood.
1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xix. 281 Scores of folks driving about with pitcherfulls of water, and scaling half of it on one another and the causeway.
1894 A. Laing Misc. Poems 17 (E.D.D.) Then glaiket things may scale their tea Upon oor Sunday braws.
b. To rend, spoil. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart
to-loukc890
to-braidc893
to-tearc893
to-teec893
to-rendc950
to-breakc1200
to-tugc1220
to-lima1225
rivea1250
to-drawa1250
to-tosea1250
drawa1300
rendc1300
to-rit13..
to-rivec1300
to-tusec1300
rakea1325
renta1325
to-pullc1330
to-tightc1330
tirec1374
halea1398
lacerate?a1425
to-renta1425
yryve1426
raga1450
to pull to (or in) piecesc1450
ravec1450
discerp1483
pluck1526
rip1530
decerp1531
rift1534
dilaniate1535
rochec1540
rack1549
teasea1550
berend1577
distract1585
ream1587
distrain1590
unrive1592
unseam1592
outrive1598
divulse1602
dilacerate1604
harrow1604
tatter1608
mammocka1616
uprentc1620
divell1628
divellicate1638
seam-rend1647
proscind1659
skail1768
screeda1785
spret1832
to tear to shreds1837
ribbon1897
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 28 Her gartens tint, her shoon a' skelt and torn.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open
abredeeOE
bredeOE
stretcha1000
to-spreada1000
openOE
spreadc1175
displayc1320
to let outc1380
to open outc1384
outspreada1400
spald?a1400
splayc1402
expand?a1475
to lay along1483
speld?a1500
skail1513
to set abroad1526
to lay abroad1530
flarec1550
bespread1557
to set out1573
dispread1590
explaina1600
expanse1600
dispack1605
splat1615
dispand1656
extend1676
flat1709
spelder1710
spreadeagle1829
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xii. 83 Scaland schetis, and haldand rowme at large.
4. To separate, remove. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)]
to-twemec893
sunderOE
asunderOE
shedOE
dealOE
shill1049
skillc1175
to-twinc1175
twinc1230
disseverc1250
depart1297
slita1300
to-throwc1315
parta1325
drevec1325
devisec1330
dividec1374
sever1382
unknit?a1425
divorce1430
separea1450
separate?a1475
untine1496
to put apart1530
discussa1542
deceper1547
disseparate1550
apart1563
unjoint1565
shoal1571
divisionatea1586
single1587
dispart1590
descide1598
disassociate1598
distract1600
dissolve1605
discriminate1615
dissociate1623
discerpa1628
discind1640
dissunder1642
distinguish1648
severize1649
unstring1674
skaila1833
cleave1873
dirempt1885
a1833 Queen's Marie vi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 393/1 The king is to the Abbey gane, To pu the Abbey-tree, To scale the babe frae Marie's heart.
II. To break up and related uses.† 6. † b. To raise (a siege). Obsolete.
5. reflexive.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 465 Ȝe sall se als soyne at thai..sall brek aray, And scale thame, our harnes to ta.† b. To break up (one's home). Obsolete.† c. To annul (a proclamation). Obsolete. rare.
a. To break up (an assembly, school, etc.) by dismissal; †to disband (an army).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > a company or assembly
dissever1393
parta1400
skaila1400
to break up1483
disassemble1550
dismiss1582
disband1591
unflock1611
revoke1675
break1685
bust1855
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13850 Wit þis þai scaild þair semble, Bot iesus went fra þat cite.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. 1440 Ay þai qwhit ȝow lil for lal, Or þat þai skail þar marcat all.
1487 Sc. Acts, Jas. III (1814) II. 177/2 The Shereff sal..charge þaim to cess, & skale þair gadering.
1528 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 510 (note) Unto suche tyme as the Kyng retorne homewardes, and scail his host.
1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 199 We ar contentit þat baith ye armyis in all partis be skalit.
1598 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 174 Gif the said schooll be dissolvit and skaillit, it will tend to the preiudice of the youth of this town.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 43 Stick baith the sermon an' the tune, An' skale the kirk.
1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace 11 Then Patie's waukened wi' a kick, An' skells the meetin'.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (transitive)] > move (house)
skail1567
1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 516 Diverse..landis are laid waist, and mony honest houshaldis constrenit to skaill thair houssis.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 11 Men & wemen hes skalit thair hate [sic] houshald?
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1664) i. clxxxii. 352 Were it not that want paineth me, I should have skailed house & gone a begging long since.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
a1583 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 345 To proceid aganis ony persoun that aucht to keip proclamatioun, the samin standand vndischargit or skaillit.
a. To compel (an army, etc.) to scatter or disperse; to put to flight, to rout.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight
to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225
fleya1225
forchasea1400
ruse?a1425
skailc1425
dislodgea1450
to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489
to turn to or into flight1526
discamp1566
flightc1571
dissipate1596
to put to (a, the) rout1596
dissipe1597
rout1600
disrout1626
derout1637
to beat off1650
to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. 1492 Befor þe laif þai knychtis þen..Pressit þaim fast to skayl þat rowt.
1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden iii. xiv And there his men were beten..and skayled euery from other.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 299 Fortoun has traualit vs this day, That scalit vs so suddandly.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 428 And douglas..full egirly Assalit, and scalit thame hastely.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. x. 57 To skail þame in sindry partis he began to fle.
1581 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xliv. 328 Iudas sall Iuge ȝou, and God sall scale ȝour nest.
a1600 Floddan Field (1664) viii. 73 The gray gooswing did work such greif, And did the Scots so skoure and skaile.
1732 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) I. 485 By the fall of Adam the family was skailt.
1843 Coquetdale Fishing Songs (1852) 109 Deil scale the byke frae Redlees Syke.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] > abandon (siege)
removea1387
skailc1425
raise1477
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. 2970 Sa sall we pruff Þat sege to skail, or gar remuff.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 147 How Caius mucius..causit porsena to scale his sege.
1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 60 To Glasgow [they] past with mony trapit steid, Thair skalit the sege.
III. To become scattered or dispersed.proverbial.a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. B2v Breads house skaild never.1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 20 ‘A Bread House skail'd never’... Spoken when we have Bread, and perhaps want something finer.1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 40 Bread's house skail'd never. A full or hospitable house never wants visitors.
7. In passive: To be in a scattered or dispersed condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
skairc1175
skaila1400
disparklec1449
scatter?c1450
spartlec1475
sprattlea1500
distribute?c1510
disperge1530
shudderc1540
crumble1547
pour1574
sperse1580
disject1581
spatter1582
distract1589
sparflec1600
esparse1625
fan1639
disperse1654
sparge1786
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions
to-flyc1000
to-drevea1225
sparplec1330
to-shedc1330
skaila1400
disparplec1400
scatterc1430
sparklec1440
shedc1485
disrout1525
disparkle1553
shattera1620
disperse1665
squander1823
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22304 Cummen I am to gedir yow þat has been scaild ai to nu.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 466 Quhen we se thame scalit swa, Prik we than on thame hardely.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 282 The chas was gret, scalyt our breid and lenth.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xi. 58 The byssy beis..On diuers colorit flouris scalit wyde.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 45 Money of the earleis freindis being skailed of the toune.
8. intransitive. Of persons, assemblies, etc.: To separate, disperse, break up, scatter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions
to-fareOE
to-ferec1000
to-wendc1175
skaila1300
dissipate1660
dispersea1672
sperse1827
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > scatter
skaila1300
to fall (also go) by the wayside1526
straw1526
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2524 Þair folk scaild ai-quare a-boute.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 93 Thai scalit throu the toune in hy.
1498 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) 75 That all scuillis scail and nane to be haldin.
1542 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 215 (note) He mette..thayme of Lowdean scayllande and goinge homewarde.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 120 This airmie skailled and passit na forder at that tyme.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) cxlviii. 296 How soon will this house skail!
1724 Ramsay's Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 211 Ay Jeany, Jeany, ye gade to the kirk; But when it skail'd where could thou be?
1822 J. Galt Provost xxxii. 241 The grammar school was at the time skayling.
1858–61 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (1870) p. x I was just stan'ing till the kirk had scaled.
1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xvii. 179 A miscellaneous pour of lads and lasses almost like a kirk skailing.
9. Of things: To spread or disperse; to pour down or be spilled.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)]
bredeOE
bespreadc1275
skaila1300
springc1390
shaila1400
spread1560
disperse1605
diffuse1655
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of spilling or that which is spilled > spill [verb (intransitive)] > be spilled
skail1513
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > down
skail1513
deflow1646
deflux1647
downwell1967
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26995 Quat es man lijf bot fam, And a rek þat..skailles wit a windes blast.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18836 His hare..Apon his sculdres ligand wele, Bi his eres skailand sumdele.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 467 The stynk scalyt off ded bodyis sa wyde.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 22 The recent dew begynnis doun to scaill.
1599 A. Hume Day Estivall 62 The clouds of raine From tops of mountaines skails.
1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word xxxiv. 381 It wantit little till it would be skailin' ower the tap on's [= top of us].
Derivatives
skailed adj. scattered, spilled.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective]
disperse1393
distract1398
scattereda1425
skailed1488
dispersed1526
dissipate1606
dissipated1610
straggled1641
disjected1647
respersed1649
disparpled1652
disseminated1662
shattered1687
sundered1796
decentralized1851
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions
scattereda1425
forscattered1430
sparpled1432
skailed1488
dispersed1526
disparkled1529
severed1581
flittered1582
sparsed1585
discattered1595
disjected1647
squandered1647
dissipateda1711
dissipate1715
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 691 Feill scalyt folk to thaim will son Ranew.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Sum standis besyd and skayld law keppis.
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