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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Icel.

skj[GREEK]la

a pail, bucket.]

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Grose.

Noun.

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

skeel ‎(plural skeels)

(Britain, Scotland, dialect) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
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skeel ‎(countable and uncountable, plural skeels)