skene-dhu

See also: skene dhu

English

Noun

skene-dhu (plural skene-dhus)

1. Alternative spelling of sgian dubh
   • 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume I (The Two Drovers), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 302:

     Give me my skene-dhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been half way to Stirling brig by this time—Give me my dirk, and let me go.

   • 1831, Andrew Picken, “The Deer-stalkers of Glenskiach. A Highland Legend.”, in [Andrew Picken], editor, The Club-book: Being Original Tales, &c. […] (Harper’s Library of Select Novels; XIV), Harper’s stereotype edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J[ames] & J[ohn] Harper;  […], →OCLC, chapter IX, page 133:

     In another moment claymores and skene-dhus gleamed in the grasp of several uplifted hands; [...]