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Definition of Skillions
1. skillion [n] - See also: skillion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skillions
Literary usage of Skillions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. York Deeds by Maine Historical Society, Maine Genealogical Society (1884- ), York County (Me.). Register of Deeds (1903)
"... falmouth aforesaid deceased w''h said Farm was left or given by him to Benj"
And Joseph skillions equally betwixt y™ and is on ye Northerly side or end ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1861)
"... the Western part of the State inquired of me how onions were planted to prevent
their becoming skillions—that is, plants with large tops and no bottoms. ..."
3. York Deeds by Maine Historical Society, Maine Genealogical Society (1884- ), York County (Me.). Register of Deeds (1894)
"... Joseph skillions equally betwixt them, which Land or farm on the Northerly
side or End of the Cove commonly called the Barck Cove, and is bounded by the ..."
4. Station Life in New Zealand by Barker (Mary Anne) (1883)
"... and apparent confusion are great,—a constant succession of woolly sheep being
brought up to fill the "skillions" (from whence the shearers take them as ..."
5. Station Life in New Zealand by Barker (Mary Anne) (1886)
"... the " skillions " (from whence the shearers take them as they want them), and
the newly-shorn ones, white, clean, and bewildered-looking, being turned ..."
6. Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatter's Life by Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (1846)
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are skillions formed by a sloping verandah to receive the sheep
in 8 from the fold as required. They are waterproof and dug, and therefore ..."
7. Settler's Guide and Farmer's Handbook by Western Australia Dept. of Agriculture, L. Lindley-Cowen (1897)
"The main building is 20 ft. wide by 40 ft. long, and there are two skillions 10 ft.
broad along two sides. The divisions in the interior are made by hurdles ..."
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