Definition of Skiting

1. Verb. (present participle of skite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skiting

1. skite [v] - See also: skite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiting

skirtless
skirtlike
skirts
skis
skister
skisters
skit
skitch
skitched
skitches
skitching
skite-the-gutter
skited
skites
skiting (current term)
skits
skitted
skitter
skittered
skitterier
skitteriest
skittering
skitters
skittery
skitting
skittish
skittishly
skittishness
skittishnesses

Literary usage of Skiting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Parliamentary Debates by Australia Parliament (1909)
"I have yet to learn that it is necessary for a loyal person to be continually prating and skiting about his loyalty. If I found a woman going up and down ..."

2. Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords by Scotland Court of Session, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Scotland Parliament. House of Lords (1892)
"On account of the practice of ' skiting ' the rope above mentioned, ... that the practice of uncoupling the bogie and ' skiting the rope ' with it The ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"TICKLER. What ? down the Yarrow to Selkirk—then up the Tweed. SHEPHERD. Na—na ! naething like keepin' the high road for safety in a skiting-match. ..."

4. In and Around the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in by George Wharton James (1900)
"I thought I would try it on the mules, so when they drank I dosed the water heavily with whiskey; and down we went a-skiting. ..."

5. Ten Years in Winnipeg: A Narration of the Principal Events in the History of by Walter R. Nursey, Alexander Begg (1879)
"Early in July, 1877, the city was visited by a perfect hurricane, which demolished chimnies and sent signs skiting down the streets ; no lives were lost, ..."

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