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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶SKEYB-HORN'T, adj. Of cattle: having the horns wide apart (Cld. 1825 Jam.). [skəib]
[Possibly, as Jam. suggests, ultimately from O.N. skeifr, askew; and so the same word as Skave, adj., which has survived only in I.Sc. Skeyb- may be a corruption of *skeyv-.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Skeyb-horn't adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/skeyb_horn_t_adj>
