skilly means skillygalee.
skilly is pronounced /ˈskɪli/.
noun
- Skillygalee.““I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and ‘three parts of skilly.’ ‘Three parts’ means three-quarters of a pint, and ‘skilly’ is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water.””
adj
- Skilled, skilful.“So, being a fell impatient man, and skilly with his hands, he took Sam Gourlay a clout in the lug that couped him down in the stour […]”