Lexicographical Neighbors of Sklented
Literary usage of Sklented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... sklented, On my poor musie." Burns, 2d vol. p. 68. " The horse will falter
many times, and sway sometimes backward and sometime sideling. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"sklented [slanted, squinted, glanced]. An* sklented on the man of i"//, ...
sklented, On my poor Music ; . To W. Simpson. ..."
3. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"It shows his knowledge of money and time. I would be loth to think he meant "
Ironic satire sidelong sklented On my poor ..."
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