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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scaly,) Skailly, -ie, Skealie, adj. [e.m.E. skaly (1528); Scal(e n.2] Covered with scales. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 109/33.
The skaillie [1591 skealie] suimming race Quho uith thaire litle finnis Do cleue the frothie seas apace 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas iii 127.
The skailly squadrones of the liquid lakes
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