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Webster 1913 Edition
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2.
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
3.
(Mining)
An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
4.
(Sugar Manuf.)
A charge of sirup in the pans.
5.
A beehive; a skep.
Skip
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Skipped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skipping
.] [OE.
skippen
, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa
run, skoppa
to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa
to run, skimpa
, skompa
, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob
to snatch, Gael. sgiab
to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio
to snatch.] 1.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; – commonly implying a sportive spirit.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he
Had he thy reason, would he
skip
and play? Pope.
So she drew her mother away
skipping
, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne.
2.
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; – often followed by over.
Skip
,Verb.
T.
1.
To leap lightly over;
as, to
. skip
the rope2.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss;
as, to
. skip
a line in reading; to skip
a lessonThey who have a mind to see the issue may
skip
these two chapters. Bp. Burnet.
3.
To cause to skip;
as, to
. skip
a stone[Colloq.]
Skip
,Noun.
1.
A light leap or bound.
2.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
3.
(Mus.)
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Busby.
Webster 1828 Edition
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SKIP
,Verb.
I.
To skip over, to pass without notice; to omit.
SKIP
,Verb.
T.