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Definition of Skiting
1. skite [v] - See also: skite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiting
Literary usage of Skiting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parliamentary Debates by Australia Parliament (1909)
"I have yet to learn that it is necessary for a loyal person to be continually
prating and skiting about his loyalty. If I found a woman going up and down ..."
2. Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords by Scotland Court of Session, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Scotland Parliament. House of Lords (1892)
"On account of the practice of ' skiting ' the rope above mentioned, ... that the
practice of uncoupling the bogie and ' skiting the rope ' with it The ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"TICKLER. What ? down the Yarrow to Selkirk—then up the Tweed. SHEPHERD. Na—na !
naething like keepin' the high road for safety in a skiting-match. ..."
4. In and Around the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in by George Wharton James (1900)
"I thought I would try it on the mules, so when they drank I dosed the water
heavily with whiskey; and down we went a-skiting. ..."
5. Ten Years in Winnipeg: A Narration of the Principal Events in the History of by Walter R. Nursey, Alexander Begg (1879)
"Early in July, 1877, the city was visited by a perfect hurricane, which demolished
chimnies and sent signs skiting down the streets ; no lives were lost, ..."
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