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skellered

skellered is the simple past and past participle of skeller.

Meaning of skeller

Verb

skeller (third-person singular simple present skellers, present participle skellering, simple past and past participle skellered)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) to warp; to bend; to twist
    • It is grooved at the back and stayed with oak or mahogany cross-pieces or clamps for preventing skellering or twisting from damp and changes of temperature, which would spoil the flatness of the working side.1914, John Handsley Dales, “Apparatus and Materials for Drawing” (chapter II), in A Manual of Mechanical Drawing, Cambridge; New York: w:Cambridge University Press, w:G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 4

Questions about skellered

What is skellered the simple past and past participle of?
Skellered is the simple past and past participle of skeller.

Words near skellered in the dictionary

  1. skelets
  2. skell
  3. skelled
  4. Skellefteå
  5. skeller
  6. skellered
  7. skellering
  8. skellers
  9. skellet
  10. skellet bell
  11. skellet bells

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