skeigh

American  

[skeekh] / skix /

Or skeech,

adjective

1. (of horses) spirited; inclined to shy.

2. (of women) proud; disdainful.

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adverb

1. proudly.

Other Word Forms

• skeighish adjective

Etymology

Origin of skeigh

First recorded in 1500–10; earlier skeich, late Middle English skey, perhaps continuing Old English scēoh shy ², with sk- from Middle Dutch schu “shy”

Example Sentences

When thou an' I were young and skeigh, skittish An' stable-meals at fairs were driegh, dull How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' skriegh snort, neigh An' tak the road!

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

Maggie coost' her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh;   Ha, ha, the wooing o't.

From Old Ballads by Various

Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, Looked asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't!

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh An' tak the road!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Maggie coost her head fu’ high, Look’d asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o’t.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert