skellying

He was one of your furtive-faced fellows, with narrow slits of eyes and an acquired habit of skellying sidewise at one out of them.

A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912

The Queen of the Nokkums remarked that, like Will Faa, he had "a skellying look with the left eye" (Romano Lavo-Lil, page 267).

The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

"being a tall, lusty man like himself, and having a skellying look with the left eye, just like him."

George Borrow The Man and His Books Edward Thomas 1897

But as to what way there may be out of this thraldom, I will tell thee the way, as I was about to do with the goodman; though whereas he is but little-hearted, and there is none else fight-worthy in the house, save it were this lubber in front -- Well thou, why art thou skellying, man, as if thou wouldst cast the eyes out of thine head on either side? "

The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865