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skeels

skeels is the plural of skeel.

Meaning of skeel

Noun

skeel (plural skeels)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
    • The dairywoman now rolls the whole into one lump[…], closing the fingers, partially, at every stroke; thereby leaving it at the bottom of the skeel, exceedingly rough.1789, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A washtub.

Questions about skeels

What is skeels the plural of?
Skeels is the plural of skeel.

Words near skeels in the dictionary

  1. skeel
  2. skeelful
  3. skeelfuls
  4. skeeling
  5. skeelings
  6. skeels
  7. skeely
  8. Skeen
  9. Skeena
  10. Skeenas
  11. Skeens

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