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skeelful

skeelful noun: the quantity contained in a skeel.

Noun

skeelful (plural skeelfuls)

  1. (rare) The quantity contained in a skeel.
    • ... But wi' skeelfuls o' wetter he brightened his jaw; Why, he smelt like a rose when he kissed me.1848, Joseph Philip Robson, The Monomaniac and Minor Poems, page 128
    • FARDIN-PANT, a fountain, pant, or stand at which water was sold for a farthing a skeelful.1892, Northumberland Words, published by the English Dialect Society, volume 28, page 276

Forms of skeelful

pluralskeelfuls

Origin of skeelful

From skeel + -ful.

Questions about skeelful

What does skeelful mean?
Skeelful means the quantity contained in a skeel.
What part of speech is skeelful?
Skeelful is a noun.
What is the plural of skeelful?
The plural of skeelful is skeelfuls.

Words near skeelful in the dictionary

  1. skeechan
  2. skeed
  3. skeeds
  4. skeeing
  5. skeel
  6. skeelful
  7. skeelfuls
  8. skeeling
  9. skeelings
  10. skeels
  11. skeely

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