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Definition of Skites
1. skite [v] - See also: skite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skites
Literary usage of Skites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"The edge of the axe, at tie first stroke, skites off the bai k of the bluff old
bole like winking; sud as the disconcerted genius looks up, a crow angrily ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"Mount Athos possesses 860 churches or chapels, viz. 200 in the monasteries, 300
in the skites, 200 in the cells, and about 160 in ..."
3. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"... in the United skites." Without the remotest thought of ignoring the great
services of others in securing local action in this line of improvement, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"... was fully aware of the controversy then existing between the United >skites
and the state of Texas as to the ownership of the county, and perfected the ..."
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