The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skelder
Skelder \Skel"der\, v. t. & i. [Etymol. uncertain.]
To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Skelder
Skelder \Skel"der\, n.
A vagrant; a cheat. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
skelder
n. (context obsolete English) A vagrant; a cheat. vb. To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Usage examples of "skelder".
They broke clear of the mist mid-afternoon, to find the hills bathed in sunshine and the skies awash with migrating brown Skelder birds, heading south from the Icescarp Alps towards their wintering fields in Coroleas.