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Definition of Skells
1. skell [n] - See also: skell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skells
Literary usage of Skells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1871)
"... violent earthquakes, and from the vast numbers of sea-sKells scattered over
the land, up to a height of certainly 600, and I believe, of 1000 feet. ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1858)
"... -skells, and on tables of stone; afterwards on plates of various materials,
on ivory, on barks of trees, on leaves of trees* Engraving memorable events ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1849)
"Ro.skells to be put in order. The steel works were found to be converted to
magnets, having been thoroughly manipulated by the lightning, Л silver watch ..."
4. Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1834)
"... with a small internal plate of cartilage, giving support to some of the vital
organs. § 4. Structure and Formation of the skells of Mollusca. ..."
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