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Skye

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Skye  (sk), Isle of
An island of northwest Scotland in the Inner Hebrides. It is known for its rugged mountainous scenery.
Skye [skaɪ]
n
(Placename) a mountainous island off the NW coast of Scotland, the largest island of the Inner Hebrides: tourist centre. Chief town: Portree. Pop.: 7500 (latest est.). Area: 1735 sq. km (670 sq. miles)


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But it was not so; in the evening poor Skye brought them back again, one by one in her mouth; not the happy little things that they were, but bleeding and crying pitifully; they had all had a piece of their tails cut off, and the soft flap of their pretty little ears was cut quite off.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
He was a Skye terrier, one of those long chaps, with little feet poking out from their hair like-- like caterpillars--no, like sofas I should say.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
He had rushed away from Oxford the moment that term was over, for a fishing ramble in Scotland with two college friends, and had been for three weeks living on oatcake, mutton-hams, and whisky, in the wildest parts of Skye.
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