Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyte
Literary usage of Skyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"He play'd my dochter Meg a skyte, Which weel has coft the gibbet. ... To skyte,
vn To slide in a slight degree, to slip ; as when the feet of a horse slide ..."
2. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"skyte THE BOB Note. — The word "skyte" means a sharp, glancing blow, and as here
used indicates the way in which the stones are thrown at the "bob. ..."
3. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"skyte THE BOB Note. — The word "skyte" means a sharp, glancing blow, and as here
used indicates the way in which the stones are thrown at the " bob. ..."
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