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单词 skippet
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skippetn.1

Etymology: Compare skibbet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskippet.
A small round wooden box, used for the preservation of documents or seals. Also transferred (quot. 1398).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box > for documents or seals
skippet1398
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iv. x. (Tollemache MS.) The toþer party of colera, þat is drawen to þe skipet of galle [L. ad cistam fellis].
c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xxxiv. 37 In her hond she brought a skypet,..and she took forth the Charter.
1864 E. Edwards Libraries ix. 223 Skippets (or boxes turned on a lathe).
1871 Athenæum 11 Feb. 179 A ‘skippet’ found in the parvise of Bodmin Church, and a leather-covered case.
1886 Athenæum 11 Dec. 783/2 The seals of the different parties being preserved in silver skippets attached to the volumes by silken cords.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

skippetn.2

Forms: Also Middle English skeppette.
Etymology: diminutive of skip skep n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskippet.
rare.
1. A basket. Now dialect.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun]
teanela700
windlec725
spertc975
kipec1000
leapc1000
willyc1000
basketa1300
coopa1300
hoppera1300
ripc1300
skepc1340
coffinc1380
criba1387
skippetc1450
corfc1483
wisket1542
prickle1543
cleave1577
serpet1615
wicker1646
bascaud1647
shapeta1657
fender1682
canister1697
kist1724
calathus1753
voider1788
wick1802
skip1816
maeshie1822
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 44 Hym closid in a skeppette sho laide be the Ryvere syde.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 141 Skippet, the same as Kipe [= a bushel basket].
2. A small boat or skiff. Obsolete. rare.Probably due to association with ship or skiff.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel
batelle1330
scafa1387
skiff1578
skippet1590
squiff1594
skift1656
small craft1676
small craft1735
runabout1898
mudboat1941
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z8v Vpon the banck they sitting did espy A daintie damsell,..By whom a little skippet floting did appeare. [Cf. stanza xv.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

skippetn.3

Forms: Also 1700s skippit.
Etymology: variant of scuppet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskippet.
Now dialect.
(See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > shovel > long-handled
skeetc1450
skippet1764
Spanish spoon1876
1764 Museum Rusticum 2 194 Help the water out of the ruts with scoops or skippits.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Skippet, a wooden shovel used for lifting water.
1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Skippet, a long-handled, spoon-shaped implement used by drainers.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Skippet, the long-handled ladle used for filling a water-cart, emptying a hog-tub, &c.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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