| 释义 |
scaddle, a. Now dial.|ˈskæd(ə)l|
Also 5 skadylle, 7 skad(d)le.
[Later var. of scathel.]
1. Wild; timid; shy.
1483Cath. Angl. 341/2 Skadylle; vbi wylde. 1635L. Foxe North-West Fox 203 There was fowle, but so skadle, as they would not abide them to come neere them. 1691Ray N.C. Words 60 Scaddle, that will not abide touching: spoken of young Horses that fly out. 1862[C. C. Robinson] Dial. Leeds 398 He's a scaddle horse to ride. 1876Mid-Yks. Gloss., Scaddle, timid, usually applied to a horse.
2. Mischievous, troublesome; thievish; esp. of animals.
1589[? Lyly] Pappe w. Hatchet 3 He shall knowe what it is for a scaddle pawne, to crosse a Bishop in his owne walke. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 77 Skaddle: scathie, Ravenous, mischievous, Suss. 1736Lewis I. Tenet (ed. 2) 38 A Skaddle Cat, Boy, &c. 1847Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Jerry Jarvis's Wig, Tib,..the honestest, the least ‘scaddle’ of the feline race. 1887Kentish Gloss., Scaddle, wild; mischievous; spoken of a dog that worries sheep; of a cat that poaches [etc.]. |
