skelly

i. [Dan. skele; Sw.skela.] To squint. ( Scotch.) ""It is the very man!" said Both well; ' skellies fearfully with one eyel' " -Scott : Old Mortality , ch. iv. skěl-lỹ, s. & a. [SKELLY, υ.] A. As subst.: A squint. B. As adj .: Squinting. skěl-lý, s . [For etym. and def see extract.] "The Chub is the Skelly of the waters of Cumber land, so called on account of the large size of its scales."-Yar rell: Brit. Fishes (ed. 3d), i. 421.