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skeldering

skeldering is the present participle and gerund of skelder.

Meaning of skelder

Verb

skelder (third-person singular simple present skelders, present participle skeldering, simple past and past participle skeldered)

  1. (archaic) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
    • A man may skelder ye now and then of half a shilling1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in...

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What is skeldering the present participle and gerund of?
Skeldering is the present participle and gerund of skelder.

Words near skeldering in the dictionary

  1. skeins
  2. skel
  3. Skelcey
  4. skelder
  5. skeldered
  6. skeldering
  7. skelders
  8. skeldrake
  9. skeldrakes
  10. skelehon
  11. skelet

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