skepn.

Forms: α. Old English sceppe, Middle English scep, Middle English, 1600s scepp, Middle English scappe, 1700s Scottish scape; Middle English–1500s skeppe, Middle English–1600s skepp, Middle English– skep (1800s skape, skeb). β. Middle English–1600s skepe, 1500s skeipp, 1700s scepe. γ. Middle English, 1600s skippe, Middle English skyppe, skype, 1600s– skip (1800s skib).

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skeppa.

Etymology: < Old Norse skeppa (Norwegian skjeppa, Swedish skȧppa, Danish skæppe) basket, bushel, obscurely related to Old Saxon scepil, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch schepel (Dutch schepel), Old High German sceffil (German scheffel), of the same meaning. In early documents the English word also appears in the Latinized forms sceppa, (e)scheppa, eskeppa, etc.

1. A specific quantity of grain, malt, charcoal, etc., being the amount contained in a basket or other vessel of a certain size; a skepful.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units

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α.

1100 in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lex. 55 Þæt is iii sceppe mealtes & healf sceppe hwæte.

1100 in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lex. 55 An sceppe malt & iii hund hlafe.

1216 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/505/5) Item Brasium pro dominicis. De Penred xviij. schepp[e].

1225 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1879) I. 220 Solvere annuatim..sex sceppas pacabilis farinae de avena.

1234 Pipe Rolls Cumberland & Westm. (1905) 55 Reddit compotum..de xxxiiij. escheppis et viij. strakes avene.

1353 in Test. Karleol. 2 Item..duas eskeppas farinæ, duas eskeppas ordei.

1371 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 9 In vj scheppis de charcole emptis.]

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 22 He seide he ouȝte an hundrid skippis of corn. Þis mesure of corn is more þan a quarter.

1470–1 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 216 Et in ij skeppis carbonum vocatorum charcole.]

1496 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 295 For a skep of light brede.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lx^v Fyue barley lofes, wherof was left .xii. coffens or skeppes of fragmentes.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fii^v/1 A Skeppe, a measure of corne.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 538 And for every skep of sand did he not come upon Gods ground?

1824 Examiner 9/1 3 skeps of vegetables besides potatoes.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 119 A hogshead is then placed by the copper, and one or two skeps of chaff thrown in.

attributive.1859 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire III. vii. 125 The skep measure is said to have been borrowed from the English practice. It contained twelve bushels.

a. A basket or hamper, varying in form and use in different localities.Also, in local use, a coal-scuttle.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun]

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α.

c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 533 Bolenge et corbelchon, Bultyngcloth and skeppe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4741 Len vs sumquat o þi sede,..Len vs sumquat wit þi scep.

1419 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 228 1 skepp de virgis.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 209 A better craft is for this besinesse: Let make a skeppe of twygge a foote in brede.

1519 Maldon (Essex) B. 160 Oon quarte pott, ii⁰ pynt potts, ii⁰ skepps to bere malte in.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14^v A pytch fork, a dong fork, seeue, skep & a bin.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 46 A great number of people sent thither at once to carrie it away in baskets and skeps.

c1680 W. Linnett in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 493 Wheelbarrows, skepps, ladders, sieves, and other necessaries.

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Skep, a coarse round farm-basket.

1823– in many dialect glossaries.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. 34 The skeps and baskets and three-legged stools were all cleared away.

1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 37 Bullock-tenders always call their baskets skeps.

in combination.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 457/2 Skeppe makere, corbio.β. 1397 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. cxviii Item j skepe pro elemosyna.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1257 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 332 He let hyre se sic met as with hyme had he In a skepe.1483 Cath. Angl. 341 A Skepe, canistrum, cofinus.1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 207 One mavnde, j straw skeipp & j hopper.1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ Gloss. A Skepe, or Scuttel, a flat and broad Basket, made to carry Corn withal.γ. 1435 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 86 176 Item pro uno skyppe, iiij^d.c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) Mawnd, skype, sportula.1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. viii. 231 Mettall..tied together in a cloth in manner of a skippe.1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 114 A Skip.., a Basket, but not to carry in the Hand.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 240 Skip,..a wicker basket, wider at top than bottom, almost uniformly a bushel measure.1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage I. vii. 122 Silky bundles of finished work lay in skips by the side.1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 237 Increased demand for crates, skips, and baskets.

b. Mining. (See quots. and cf. skip n.²)

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > equipment for lowering or raising miners or material > for raising material

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raff wheel1867

1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Derbyshire Terms) 44 Skep, or Skip, a square box (usually wrought iron) in which the coals are sent up to the pit's mouth.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 224 Skep, a bucket or tub a pit-horse drinks out of.

3. A beehive. Also figurative.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive

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1494 Deed (P.R.O. A 6660) The same Kateryne shall have fre yssve to goo and come to hyr hyve skeppys beyng w^tin the Meese and Yards.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Hij Euen as they do swarme about their king The hunnie Bees,..When he delyts furth of the skepps to spring.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 231 The making of conuenient Skepes or Bee-hyues.

a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 13 Hony and waxe I will bequeath to build a skep.

1716 Hist. MSS. Comm., Moray P. 150 Being informed that your Lady wanted some huny I have caused smoak a scepe.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 136 Yet thir, alas! are antrin fock That lade their scape wi' winter stock.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. iv. 71 Andrew..often cast a parting glance upon the skeps, as he called the bee-hives.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) II. 41 He conducted us to a place where there were several skeps of bees.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/2 A rustic who keeps his bees in a flat-topped straw skep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skep
释义	skepn. Forms: α. Old English sceppe, Middle English scep, Middle English, 1600s scepp, Middle English scappe, 1700s Scottish scape; Middle English–1500s skeppe, Middle English–1600s skepp, Middle English– skep (1800s skape, skeb). β. Middle English–1600s skepe, 1500s skeipp, 1700s scepe. γ. Middle English, 1600s skippe, Middle English skyppe, skype, 1600s– skip (1800s skib). Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skeppa. Etymology: < Old Norse skeppa (Norwegian skjeppa, Swedish skȧppa, Danish skæppe) basket, bushel, obscurely related to Old Saxon scepil, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch schepel (Dutch schepel), Old High German sceffil (German scheffel), of the same meaning. In early documents the English word also appears in the Latinized forms sceppa, (e)scheppa, eskeppa, etc. 1. A specific quantity of grain, malt, charcoal, etc., being the amount contained in a basket or other vessel of a certain size; a skepful. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units skep1100 strike13.. strick1421 muida1425 hoop1520 tope1530 stroke1532 anker1597 corn-hoop1660 gallon1684 acherset1701 α. 1100 in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lex. 55 Þæt is iii sceppe mealtes & healf sceppe hwæte. 1100 in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lex. 55 An sceppe malt & iii hund hlafe. 1216 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/505/5) Item Brasium pro dominicis. De Penred xviij. schepp[e]. 1225 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1879) I. 220 Solvere annuatim..sex sceppas pacabilis farinae de avena. 1234 Pipe Rolls Cumberland & Westm. (1905) 55 Reddit compotum..de xxxiiij. escheppis et viij. strakes avene. 1353 in Test. Karleol. 2 Item..duas eskeppas farinæ, duas eskeppas ordei. 1371 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 9 In vj scheppis de charcole emptis.] c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 22 He seide he ouȝte an hundrid skippis of corn. Þis mesure of corn is more þan a quarter. 1470–1 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 216 Et in ij skeppis carbonum vocatorum charcole.] 1496 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 295 For a skep of light brede. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lx^v Fyue barley lofes, wherof was left .xii. coffens or skeppes of fragmentes. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fii^v/1 A Skeppe, a measure of corne. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 538 And for every skep of sand did he not come upon Gods ground? 1824 Examiner 9/1 3 skeps of vegetables besides potatoes. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 119 A hogshead is then placed by the copper, and one or two skeps of chaff thrown in. attributive.1859 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire III. vii. 125 The skep measure is said to have been borrowed from the English practice. It contained twelve bushels. 2. a. A basket or hamper, varying in form and use in different localities.Also, in local use, a coal-scuttle. ΘΚΠ 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 α. c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 533 Bolenge et corbelchon, Bultyngcloth and skeppe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4741 Len vs sumquat o þi sede,..Len vs sumquat wit þi scep. 1419 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 228 1 skepp de virgis. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 209 A better craft is for this besinesse: Let make a skeppe of twygge a foote in brede. 1519 Maldon (Essex) B. 160 Oon quarte pott, ii⁰ pynt potts, ii⁰ skepps to bere malte in. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14^v A pytch fork, a dong fork, seeue, skep & a bin. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 46 A great number of people sent thither at once to carrie it away in baskets and skeps. c1680 W. Linnett in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 493 Wheelbarrows, skepps, ladders, sieves, and other necessaries. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Skep, a coarse round farm-basket. 1823– in many dialect glossaries. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. 34 The skeps and baskets and three-legged stools were all cleared away. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 37 Bullock-tenders always call their baskets skeps. in combination.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 457/2 Skeppe makere, corbio.β. 1397 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. cxviii Item j skepe pro elemosyna.c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1257 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 332 He let hyre se sic met as with hyme had he In a skepe.1483 Cath. Angl. 341 A Skepe, canistrum, cofinus.1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 207 One mavnde, j straw skeipp & j hopper.1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ Gloss. A Skepe, or Scuttel, a flat and broad Basket, made to carry Corn withal.γ. 1435 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 86 176 Item pro uno skyppe, iiij^d.c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) Mawnd, skype, sportula.1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. viii. 231 Mettall..tied together in a cloth in manner of a skippe.1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 114 A Skip.., a Basket, but not to carry in the Hand.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 240 Skip,..a wicker basket, wider at top than bottom, almost uniformly a bushel measure.1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage I. vii. 122 Silky bundles of finished work lay in skips by the side.1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 237 Increased demand for crates, skips, and baskets. b. Mining. (See quots. and cf. skip n.²) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > equipment for lowering or raising miners or material > for raising material corf1831 tub1849 skep1860 raff wheel1867 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Derbyshire Terms) 44 Skep, or Skip, a square box (usually wrought iron) in which the coals are sent up to the pit's mouth. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 224 Skep, a bucket or tub a pit-horse drinks out of. 3. A beehive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive hivec725 beehivec1325 ruche1494 skep1494 stall1505 butt1532 pyche1570 bee-stall1572 hive-cot1582 alveary1623 bee-skepa1634 bee-house1675 staller1712 stand1740 bee-gum1817 bink1824 bee-palace1845 1494 Deed (P.R.O. A 6660) The same Kateryne shall have fre yssve to goo and come to hyr hyve skeppys beyng w^tin the Meese and Yards. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Hij Euen as they do swarme about their king The hunnie Bees,..When he delyts furth of the skepps to spring. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 231 The making of conuenient Skepes or Bee-hyues. a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 13 Hony and waxe I will bequeath to build a skep. 1716 Hist. MSS. Comm., Moray P. 150 Being informed that your Lady wanted some huny I have caused smoak a scepe. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 136 Yet thir, alas! are antrin fock That lade their scape wi' winter stock. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. iv. 71 Andrew..often cast a parting glance upon the skeps, as he called the bee-hives. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) II. 41 He conducted us to a place where there were several skeps of bees. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/2 A rustic who keeps his bees in a flat-topped straw skep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). skepv. Etymology: < skep n. 1. transitive. To cause (bees) to enter a skep; to hive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > gather or drive into hive drive1609 hive1611 inhive1611 skep1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Skep, to inclose in a bee-hive. 1866 G. Easton Autobiogr. (1867) x. 135 Whist! we are skepping the bees. 1891 Sc. Leader 21 Oct. 7 If they put a hive over them they would..have ‘skepped’ nine-tenths of so-called Liberal Unionists of Scotland. 2. intransitive. Of bees: To enter a skep. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (intransitive)] > enter hive skep1842 1842 Dumfries Herald Oct. Flowers as thick as swarms of bees a-skepping. Derivatives ˈskepping n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > quantity of syrup skipping1824 skip1858 skepping1883 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > driving into hive skepping1883 bee-driving1884 1883 J. Martine Reminisc. Royal Burgh Haddington 322 The keeping and skeping of bees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1100v.1825
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