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skep


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skep 
  n  1:  a  large  round  wicker  basket  (used  on  farms) 
  2:  a  domed  beehive  made  of  twisted  straw 




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