skite
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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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 William Allen White
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 Hal Gye
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 Peter Anthony Motteux
"To eat skite" is to talk or act foolishly.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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 William Henry Venable
"Come, Philip, me strong protector," he called, "let's be skiting."
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter
