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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SKRELL, n. Also scrail, skrill. A crash, a crack, as of something hard falling and breaking into pieces (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1970). [skrɛl, skrel]Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 153:
Whin wi hit he leeshed da kishie Somethin in her gae a scrail.