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skip

1. A basket. See Skep.

2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3. (Science: chemical) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

4. A charge of sirup in the pans.

5. A beehive; a skep.

See: Skep.

1. A light leap or bound.

2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

3. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. Skip mackerel.

(Science: zoology) See bluefish.