skerry* n also scurry* [phonetics unavailable]. Cp OED ~ sb1 'small boat' obs (1540-1861). See also SKIRR. Small sled on wooden runners used for hauling objects on fishing premises or in the woods (P 245-56).
P 14-65 ~ kind of slide four feet wide, with two straight runners and two traces going out to the horse; holds two cord of wood, pieces fourteen feet long. C 71-95 A scurry was used for clearing the land of rocks and sods. It was made simply by splitting a tree, rinding it and using [the halves] for runners, and nailing a few slats across to put the rocks and sods on. It was then tackled to the horse or hauled by hand. P 148-74 ~ A box on runners used to haul rocks, wood, caplin on the shore. P 245-78 ~ A couple of barrel staves, joined, and used to haul firewood.
