skite

Example Sentences

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There is no need of wiping one's tail, said Gargantua, but when it is foul; foul it cannot be, unless one have been a-skiting; skite then we must before we wipe our tails.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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

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

And all were sore pressed wanting to pass urine or to skite; so whenever a man entered the place in a hurry he would draw the door to.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"To eat skite" is to talk or act foolishly.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir