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A DICTIONARY OF 
Skeg, or Skeggs. (1) Primus spinosa, or P. insititia, L. — ^ A wild 
plum, Nhamp.'' Hal. ‘ The wild damson.’ Sternberg ; Wariu. Prior, 
p. 213. 
(2) Iris Pseudacor us, Ij. — E.Yhs,; in Water Skegs. Monthly- 
Packet, N. S. XXX. 409. 
(3) A kind of oat. ‘ Shegs appear to be the Arena stipiformis of 
Linnaeus.’ Agric. Surv. Notts. 64. 
Skeldock, Skeldick, Skelloch, Skellie, or Skillock. (1) Raplianus 
Rapliani strum, L. — S. Scotl. Jamieson. 
(2) Sinajns arvensis, L. — Scotl. Jamieson; Edinb. ; Renfr. Jamieson. 
Skerret. See Skirret. 
Skerrish. Ligustrum vulgare, L. — Cornw. 
Skewer-wood. (1) Euonymus europmus, L. — S. Dev. (or Skiver- 
wood). ‘ About Plymouth the wood of this shrub is that most com- 
monly employed for butchers’ skewers.’ PI. of Plj^mouth, p. 78 ; Dors. 
(or Skiverwood) Dors. Gloss. ; Glou. ; Wight. PI. Yect. Prior, p. 
213. 
(2) Cornus sanguinea, L. — Loudon, Arboretum, ii. 497. N. Bucks.; 
Pulman (Skiver-wood) ‘ usually elderwood.’ Shropshire Word Book; 
I. of Wight (Skiverwood), E. D. S. Gloss. 
Skiach. Pruit of Cratcegus Oxijacantlia, L. — Moray, Jamieson. 
Gael, sciog, a hawthorn. 
Skirret. Sium Sisarum, L. — Ger. (who has also Skirwoort), &c. 
Prior, p. 214. In Hal. and the E. D. S. ed. of Tusser this name is 
erroneously assigned to ‘ the water-parsnip.’ This may have arisen 
from the fact that With. (ed. ii.) has adopted Skerret as the English 
equivalent for the genus Sium, to which both the true Skirret and 
the water-parsnip belong. 
Skiver, or Skiver-timber. Euonymus europceus, L. — Som. 
Skiver-wood. See Skewer-wood. 
Skoil. Triticum repens, L. — Cornw. (Truro) ; also applied to weeds 
generally. See Stroil. 
Skrotta, or Skrottyee. Parmelia saxatilis, Ach. Shetland, Jamieson. 
Skullcap. A book-name for the genus Scutellaria. Prior, p. 214. 
Skyrwort, or Skyrwyt. (Spellings of Skhi'et.) Sium Sisarum, 
L. — Prior, p. 214. 
Skytes. ‘ Hemlock, from being used as skyters, i. e. shooters. ’ Scot- 
land, Jamieson. Angelica sylvestris, L., or Heracleum Sphondyliuin, 
L., or both. Cfr. Ait-skeiters and Bear-skeiters. 
Slaa-thorn (Yks. Hallamsh. Gloss.); Slae {E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Scotland, Jamieson); Slags {Westm.,Ha\.), or Slaigb. {Lane. Hal.). — 
Primus spinosa, L. 
Slacen-bush. Primus sgnnosa, L. — Nhamp. Wr. 
Slain. ‘ Smut in corn. Cumbd Hal. Yks. (Whitby, spelt Slane 
and Sleean) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 4. ‘ Smut ball, coal-brand, bunts, 
s/a/n-ears, blacks, &c.’ in wheat. — Ann. Agric. xxi. 410. 
