† conˈskite, v. Obs.
[f. con- + skite (ON. sk{iacu}ta, OE. sc{iacu}tan): formed to represent F. conchier:—L. concacāre.]
To befoul with ordure. Also absol.
| 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. xix, He had conskited himself with meer anguish and perplexity. 1708 Motteux ibid. v. ii. (1737) 7 [They] have..bewray'd, and conskited the whole Island. 1739 R. Bull tr. Dedekindus' Grobianus 182 Here each conskites, if Nature so dispose. |