escairar

From es- +‎ caire +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəjˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kajˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

escairar (first-person singular present escairo, first-person singular preterite escairí, past participle escairat)

1. (transitive, technical) to square (adjust so as to align at a right angle)

• escaire

• “escairar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Perhaps from Latin excoriare (“to skin”).

• IPA^(key): /eskajˈɾaɾ/

escairar (first-person singular present escairo, first-person singular preterite escairei, past participle escairado)

1. to peel
2. to partially dry (the laundry)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cairo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escairar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escairar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN