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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skip \Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.] 1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. [1913 Webster] 4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. [1913 Webster] 5. A beehive; a skep. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skipping}.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. [1913 Webster] The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope. [1913 Webster] So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skip \Skip\, v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. [1913 Webster] They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Skip \Skip\, n. 1. A light leap or bound. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. [1913 Webster] {Skip kennel}, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift. {Skip mackerel}. (Zool.) See {Bluefish}, 1. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: skip n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate 2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: {omission}, {skip}] v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: {jump}, {pass over}, {skip}, {skip over}] 2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: {cut}, {skip}] 3: jump lightly [syn: {hop}, {skip}, {hop-skip}] 4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: {decamp}, {skip}, {vamoose}] 5: bound off one point after another [syn: {skip}, {bound off}] 6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: {skim}, {skip}, {skitter}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SKIP Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (Internet, cryptography, Sun)