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Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A basket. See Skep.
(2):
(n.) A beehive; a skep.
(3):
(n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
(4):
(n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
(5):
(n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
(6):
(n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
(7):
(n.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
(8):
(v. t.) To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
(9):
(n.) A light leap or bound.
(10):
(v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
(11):
(v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; - commonly implying a sportive spirit.
(12):
(v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; - often followed by over.
(13):
(v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Skip'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/skip.html. 1828.
