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'^ ; sklute (Jam.), [skliit.] L v. To throw down or pour out in a mass ; to fall flat, esp. in mud or soft soil. Bnff.S Cld. (Jam.) Cf. sclyte. 2. To walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground ; to walk with the toes much turned out. Sc, Bnff., Slk., Rxb. (Jam.) 3. sb. A thin, semi-liquid mass ; a fall, esp. of a
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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