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Meaning of SKEP

Pronunciation:  skep

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a domed beehive made of twisted straw
  2. [n]  a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
 
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 See Also: basket, beehive, handbasket, hive

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Skep\, n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap
a basket, a beehive.]
1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   --Tusser.
2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
 
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