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skep [skɛp] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a beehive, esp one constructed of straw 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) Now chiefly dialect a large basket of wickerwork or straw [Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa bushel; related to Old High German sceffil bushel] Skep, Skip a quantity of grain, 1100; of malt or charcoal (usually twelve bushels). Examples: skep of bread, 1470; of chaff, 1846; of charcoal, 1353; of corn, 1380; of grain, c. 1100; of malt; of sand, 1669; of vegetables, 1824.
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