escairar

From es- +‎ caire +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəjˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)

• “cairo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escairar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “escairar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.