skio, skeo (skyo)

[ He would substitute better houses for the skeoes , or sheds, built of dry stones, in which the inhabitants cured or manufactured their fish. Scott , Pirate, xi. skip1 (skip), v.: pret. and pp. skipped or skipt, ppr. skipping. [ME. skippen, skyppen. Origin uncertain: ( a ) according to Skeat, IMG:content-1215.png:[blocks in formation] Whan she saugh that Romayns wan the toun, She took hir children alle, and skipte adoun Into the fyr, and chees rather to dye Than any Romayn dide hire vileynye. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 674. And he castide awey his cloth & skippide and cam to him. Wyclif , Mark x. 50. O'er the hills o' Glentanar you'll skip in an hour. Baron of Brackley (Child's Ballads, VI. 191). 2. To take light, dancing steps; leap about, as in sport; jump lightly; caper; frisk; specifically, to skip the rope (see below). Ne'er trust me, but she danceth! Summer is in her face now, and she skippeth ! Fletcher , Wild goose Chase, ii. 2. When going ashore, one attired like a woman lay grovelling on the sand, whilest the rest skipt about him in a ring. Sandys, Travailes, p. 15. Can any information be given as to the origin of the custom of skipping on Good Friday?. It was generally practised with the long rope, from six to ten, or more, grown-up people skipping at one rope. N. and Q., 7th ser., IX. 407. 3. To make sudden changes with omi ions; especially, to change about in an arbitrary manner: as, to skip about in one's reading. Quick sensations skip from vein to vein. Pope, Dunciad, ii. 212. The vibrant accent skipping here and there, Just as it pleased invention or despair. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 1st ser., Int. 4. To pa without notice; make omi ion, as of certain pa ages in reading or writing: often followed by over . I don't know why they skipped over Lady Betty, who, if there were any question of beauty, is, I think, as well as her sister. Walpole , Letters, II. 33. 5. To take one's self off hurriedly; make off: as, he collected the money and skipped. [Slang.]-6. In music, to pa or progre from any tone to a tone more than one degree distant from it. = Syn. 1 and 2. Skip, Trip, Hop, Leap, Bound, Spring, Jump, Vault. Skipping is more than tripping and le than leaping, bounding, springing, or jumping; like tripping, it implies lightne of spirits or joy. It is about equal to hopping, but hopping is rather heavy and generally upon one foot or with the feet together, while skip ping uses the feet separately or one after the other. A hop is shorter than a jump, and a jump than a leap: as, the hop of a toad; the jump of a frog; the leap of a marsh-frog; a jump from a fence; a leap from a second-story window. Skip, trip, bound, and spring imply elasticity; bound, spring, leap, and vault imply vigorous activity. Vault implies that one has something on which to rest one or both hands; vaulting is either upon or over something, as a horse, a fence, and therefore is largely an upward movement; the other movements may be chiefly horizontal. II. trans. 1. To leap over; cro with a skip or bound. Tom could move with lordly grace, Dick nimbly skipt the gutter. Swift , Tom and Dick. IMG:content-1216.png:[blocks in formation] I could write about its [Halifax's] free-school system, and its many noble charities. But the reader always skips such things. C. D. Warner, Baddeck, ii. 3. To cause to skip or bound; specifically, to throw (a mi ile) so as to cause it to make a series of leaps along a surface. The doctor could skip them [stones] clear acro the stream-four skips and a landing on the other bank. Joseph Kirk land, The McVeys, v. To skip or jump the rope, to jump over a rope slackly held and kept in steady revolution over one's head, the leaps being taken just in time to allow the rope to pa between the feet and the ground. The ends of the rope may be held in the hands of the skipper, or by two other persons so placed as to give it a large radius of revolution. It is a common amusement of young girls. player who acts as captain, leader, or director of a side or team, and who usually plays the last bowl or stone which his team has to play. Also called skipper.-5. A college servant; a scout. [Dublin University slang.] Conducting himself in all respects as his, the aforesaid Lorrequer's, own man, skip , valet, or flunkey. C. Lever, Harry Lorrequer, xi. alternate tooth removed. 6. In sugar - making , the amount or charge of syrup in the pans at one time. - Hop, skip, and Jump. See hopl .-Skip-tooth saw, a saw with every skip2 (skip), n. [A var. of skep , q.v.] In mining, an iron box for raising ore, differing from the kibble in that it runs between guides, while the kibble hangs free. In metal-mines the name is sometimes given to the box when it has wheels and runs on rails. skip-braint (skip'brān), a. Shuttle-witted; flighty; fickle. [Rare.] This skipp - braine Fancie moves these easie movers To loue what ere hath but a glimpse of good. Davies , Microcosmos, p. 30. ( Davies .)