Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skep"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skep \Skep\, n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap
a basket, a beehive.]
1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Tusser.
2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skep
n 1: a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
2: a domed beehive made of twisted straw
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