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Meaning of "scaffie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCAFFIE

scaffie  [ˈskæfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCAFFIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scaffie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCAFFIE


baffy
ˈbæfɪ
chaffy
ˈtʃæfɪ
daffy
ˈdæfɪ
draffy
ˈdræfɪ
faffy
ˈfæfɪ
NAAFI
ˈnæfɪ
planigraphy
ˈplænɪˌɡræfɪ
scaffy
ˈskæfɪ
TAFE
ˈtæfɪ
taffy
ˈtæfɪ
waffie
ˈwæfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCAFFIE

scablands
scabrid
scabridity
scabrous
scabrously
scabrousness
scad
scads
Scafell Pike
scaff
scaffolage
scaffold
scaffoldage
scaffolder
scaffolding
scaffy
scag
scagged
scagging
scaglia

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCAFFIE

Basse-Normandie
cookie
die
fie
hoodie
hottie
ie
lie
lingerie
Marie
moffie
movie
Newfie
offie
roofie
selfie
stiffie
surfie
wharfie
wifie

Synonyms and antonyms of scaffie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scaffie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCAFFIE

Find out the translation of scaffie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scaffie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scaffie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scaffie
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scaffie
570 millions of speakers

English

scaffie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scaffie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scaffie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scaffie
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scaffie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scaffie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scaffie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scaffie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scaffie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scaffie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scaffie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scaffie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scaffie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scaffie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळंबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scaffie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scaffie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scaffie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scaffie
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scaffie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scaffie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scaffie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scaffie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scaffie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scaffie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAFFIE»

The term «scaffie» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAFFIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scaffie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scaffie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scaffie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAFFIE»

Discover the use of scaffie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scaffie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Annual Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland
Sailing Drift- Except in comparatively few cases — as, for instance, where era used. serviceable specimens of the older type of craft, termed the Scaffie, Fine— area of are still in use — the Fine is the only boat employed in drift net employment, ...
Fishery Board for Scotland, 1904
2
Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland for the Year ...
Sailing Drift- Except in comparatively few cases — as, for instance, where ore used. serviceable specimens of the older type of craft, termed the Scaffie, Fifio— area of are still in use — the Fine is the only boat employed in drift net employment.
Fishery Board for Scotland, 1904
3
Papers by Command
Tested by the conditions under which boats of the Fifie model show to advantage, the Scaffie is rather a dangerous craft, owing to the extent to which its stem and stern project beyond the respective extremities of the keel. On the other hand ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1904
4
Rantin Robin & Marget: With Other Scottish Sketches & Homely ...
The scaffie took it up, looked at it ower an' ower, then, ' Michty, man, Robin, that's surely the boxin' kangaroo,' he remarked. ' I kenna gin it be " can-gar-you " or can gar ony ither body, but gin I'd that scoondrel Pate here I would let him ken that ...
Alick Blair, 1896
5
Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland
power, which, in turn, meant three times more fish, which would not load into a scaffie. There are pictures of scaffies returning home so heavily loaded that the waterline was only inches away from the deck. Sometimes they even had tothrow  ...
Mike Smylie, 2012
6
The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language
Scavenger is shortened to scaffie and takes the meaning 'a street-sweeper, a refuse-collector'; a refuse-collector's truck can be a scaffie- cairt. In the twentieth century, gutties, a name given in Glasgow and surrounding areas to gymshoes, ...
Charles Jones, 1997
7
A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America
Scaffie. Length: 14 ft. 9 in. Spars: Spruce Beam: 5 ft. 9 in. Rating: None Draft: 1 ft. 3 in. First built: 1 8th century Weight: 460 Ibs. No. built: Not available Sail area: 100 sq. ft. Designer: John Watkinson Hull: FRP Standing lug saiL Mast sharply ...
Richard M. Sherwood, 1994
8
The Chatham directory of inshore craft: traditional working ...
The scaffie's cutaway forefoot, allied to a relatively short keel with slight drag, made it manoeuvrable and especially handy when turning to windward. However , though reckoned to 'stand up' well overall, they lacked directional stability in ...
Julian Mannering, Basil Greenhill, 1997
9
Information Series: Technology
Seattle Zodiac 1885 Zodiac BF 677 is a typical scaffie used to fish for herring during the late 19th century. She was registered in Banff and carried two masts, each with a lugsail. The clinker-built hull was constructed of 1 Vi inch (40 mm) larch ...
‎1985
10
Yachting
DRASCOMBE BOATS INC., builder of small sailboats, based on traditional coastal craft lines, now introduces the Scaffie, a 14'9" gunter-rigged daysailer, another John Wat- kinson design. Scaffie's classic lapstrake-type hull is constructed of ...

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAFFIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scaffie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Piñera y el fin de HidroAysén: Endesa y Colbún "no eran las …
... Andrés Vicuña (Coca-Cola Embonor), Piero Solari (Falabella), el gerente de finanzas de Enersis, Eduardo Scaffie, ejecutivos de Cruz Blanca y Carlos Ingham ... «El Mostrador, Jun 14»
2
Book helps Polish speakers learn Scottish slang
Not only does Ms Michalska shed light on the Polish meaning of words and phrases including “barry”, “black-affrontit” and “scaffie”, she also gives useful ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Apr 14»
3
Endless round of snacks on the bin lorry
We sat down to the feast in a cordial hush which was only broken when an older binman turned to me and winked, “Aye, you're no a real scaffie until you've ... «The Courier, Sep 13»
4
Carte Noire Instinct TV advert
scaffie 3 years ago. is that Tony Mortimer from east 17. Read more Show less. ▽ Report spam or abuse. deondavis90 3 years ago. Does anbody know the name ... «YouTube, Mar 12»
5
Waterline, By Ross Raisin
Mick brims with colloquialisms: "beeling" (angry), "boak" (vomit), "scaffie" (a derelict) and so on. The vernacular is only one aspect of the vitality and ... «The Independent, Jun 11»

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