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Definition of Skippets
1. skippet [n] - See also: skippet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skippets
Literary usage of Skippets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1872)
"... and which were and still are in the little turned wooden boxes of the fourteenth
century called " skippets," of which examples have been shown at one of ..."
2. Libraries and Founders of Libraries by Edward Edwards (1864)
"... or " forcers;" bags and pouches, sometimes made of canvas, but more usually
of leather; tills; skippets (or boxes turned on a lathe); ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1861)
"To these remarkable documents, which are sumptuously bound in crimson velvet,
are appended the seals of the parties, inclosed in silver skippets, ..."
4. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"... and skippets, filled with deeds and conventions under seal, with rolls and
files of writs, were placed in pixes and chests, and these in turn were ..."
5. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"... and skippets, filled with deeds and conventions under seal, with rolls and
files of writs, were placed in pixes and chests, and these in turn were ..."
6. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society by Essex Archaeological Society (1903)
"... Wood 256 Skinners Field, 256; — Meadow, 253 Skippers, 269; — Meadow, 248
skippets, Black, Upper and Lower, 256 Skits Hill 253 ..."
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