1. Noun
A basket. See Skep.
2. Noun
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
3. Noun
An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
4. Noun
A charge of sirup in the pans.
5. Noun
A beehive; a skep.
6. Verb
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
7. Verb
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
8. Verb
To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
9. Verb
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
10. Verb
To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
11. Noun
A light leap or bound.
12. Noun
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
13. Noun
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
14. Noun
a mistake resulting from neglect
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