Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelpit
Literary usage of Skelpit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1904)
"Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg— A better never lifted leg— Tam skelpit on
thro' dub and mire, Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; Whiles holding fast ..."
2. Annual Report by Cincinnati (Ohio), Board of Education, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education (1884)
"What did Macaulay write? What does he say of Bunyan's style and character? 6.
What makes "Tarn O'Shanter'' a humorous poem? What is the meaning of skelpit, ..."
3. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"And he skelpit the squires with that good tawse, Till the blood ran off at baith
their heels. The Douglas he was forced to laugh Till down his cheek the ..."
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