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schuyt

schuyt is the alternative form of schuit.

Meaning of schuit

Noun

schuit (plural schuits)

  1. A flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
    • Peregrine […] next day embarked, with his companions, in the Skuyt, for Haarlem, where they dined, and in the evening arrived at the antient city of Leyden […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of schuyt

pluralschuyts

Questions about schuyt

What is schuyt the alternative form of?
Schuyt is the alternative form of schuit.

Words near schuyt in the dictionary

  1. Schuyler County
  2. Schuyler Falls
  3. Schuylerville
  4. Schuylkill
  5. Schuylkill County
  6. schuyt
  7. schuyts
  8. schvartze
  9. schvartzes
  10. schvitz
  11. schvitzed

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