skite
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Therefore be assured that to-morrow I will make this vain-glorious Englishman to skite vinegar before all the world.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
To go to sea with his feet fast in such a little skite of a craft as that!
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
I know the little skite like a top, Judge–and there’s one thing about her: She’s a loyal little body.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
What's the Greek for tobaccy?" they continued—"or for Larry O'Toole? or for bletherum skite?
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
P'r'aps we 'ave 'ad some skite knocked out, an' p'r'aps we see more clear, But seems to us there's plenty cleanin'-up to do round 'ere.
From Digger Smith by Gye, Hal
So he looked at Kaylajan and Kurajan and skited in his bag-trousers.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"Come, Philip, me strong protector," he called, "let's be skiting."
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
I saw you in town this morning, skiting about, from pillar to post, and says I to myself, 'There's uneasiness under that fine bonnet!'
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
Eh, lad, but you’ve been walking widdershins: You’d best turn deazil, crook your thumbs, my callant, And gather cowgrass, if you’d break the spell, And send the old witch skiting on her broomstick.
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
