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▪ I. ˈskippet1
[Cf. skibbet.]
A small round wooden box, used for the preservation of documents or seals. Also transf. (quot. 1398).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. x. (Tollemache MS.), The toþer party of colera, þat is drawen to þe skipet of galle [L. ad cistam fellis]. c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxxiv. (1859) 37 In her hond she brought a skypet,..and she took forth the Charter. 1864E. Edwards Libr. & Founders Libr. ix. 223 Skippets (or boxes turned on a lathe). 1871Athenæum 11 Feb. 179 A ‘skippet’ found in the parvise of Bodmin Church, and a leather-covered case. 1886Ibid. 11 Dec. 783/2 The seals of the different parties being preserved in silver skippets attached to the volumes by silken cords.
▪ II. ˈskippet2 rare.
Also 5 skeppette.
[dim. of skip skep n.]
1. A basket. Now dial.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 44 Hym closid in a skeppette sho laide be the Ryvere syde. 1890Gloucester Gloss. 141 Skippet, the same as Kipe [= a bushel basket].
†2. A small boat or skiff. Obs.—1
Prob. due to association with ship or skiff.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 14 Vpon the banck they sitting did espy A daintie damzell,..By whom a little skippet floting did appeare. [Cf. stanza 15.]
▪ III. ˈskippet3 Now dial.
Also 8 skippit.
[var. of scuppet.]
(See quots.)
1764Museum Rust. II. 194 Help the water out of the ruts with scoops or skippits. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs., Skippet, a wooden shovel used for lifting water. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-Bk. 386 Skippet, a long-handled, spoon-shaped implement used by drainers. 1893Wiltshire Gloss., Skippet, the long-handled ladle used for filling a water-cart, emptying a hog-tub, &c. |