Meaning & use
skail
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A chiefly Scots term meaning to scatter, spill, or disperse, especially a crowd of people.
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The crowd began to skail from the stadium once the final whistle blew.
Children waited eagerly for school to skail at three o'clock.
A note on using this word
In Scots, "the skail" can also serve as a noun referring to the moment school or work lets out for the day.
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dispersescatter
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