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Skep   Listen
noun
Skep  n.  
1.
A coarse round farm basket. (Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.)
2.
A beehive. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.)





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"Skep" Quotes from Famous Books



... the mowing-grass. If entangled, the humble-bee climbs up a sorrel stem and takes wing, without any sign of annoyance. His broad back with tawny bar buoyantly glides over the golden buttercups. He hums to himself as he goes, so happy is he. He knows no skep, no cunning work in glass receives his labour, no artificial saccharine aids him when the beams of the sun are cold, there is no step to his house that he may alight in comfort; the way is not made clear for him that he may ...
— The Life of the Fields • Richard Jefferies


Words linked to "Skep" :   handbasket, hive, beehive, basket


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