▪ I. ˈskippet1
[Cf. skibbet.]
A small round wooden box, used for the preservation of documents or seals. Also transf. (quot. 1398).
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. x. (Tollemache MS.), The toþer party of colera, þat is drawen to þe skipet of galle [L. ad cistam fellis]. c 1400 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxxiv. (1859) 37 In her hond she brought a skypet,..and she took forth the Charter. 1864 E. Edwards Libr. & Founders Libr. ix. 223 Skippets (or boxes turned on a lathe). 1871 Athenæum 11 Feb. 179 A ‘skippet’ found in the parvise of Bodmin Church, and a leather-covered case. 1886 Ibid. 11 Dec. 783/2 The seals of the different parties being preserved in silver skippets attached to the volumes by silken cords. |
▪ II. ˈskippet2 rare.
Also 5 skeppette.
[dim. of skip skep n.]
1. A basket. Now dial.
| c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 44 Hym closid in a skeppette sho laide be the Ryvere syde. 1890 Gloucester Gloss. 141 Skippet, the same as Kipe [= a bushel basket]. |
† 2. A small boat or skiff. Obs.—1
Prob. due to association with ship or skiff.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 14 Vpon the banck they sitting did espy A daintie damzell,..By whom a little skippet floting did appeare. [Cf. stanza 15.] |
▪ III. ˈskippet3 Now dial.
Also 8 skippit.
[var. of scuppet.]
(See quots.)
| 1764 Museum Rust. II. 194 Help the water out of the ruts with scoops or skippits. 1866 J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs., Skippet, a wooden shovel used for lifting water. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-Bk. 386 Skippet, a long-handled, spoon-shaped implement used by drainers. 1893 Wiltshire Gloss., Skippet, the long-handled ladle used for filling a water-cart, emptying a hog-tub, &c. |