Associations to the word «Skilly»

Wiktionary

SKILLY, noun. (obsolete) (nautical) Skillygalee.
SKILLY, adjective. (Scotland) (northern England) Skilled, skilful.

Dictionary definition

SKILLY, noun. A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope