Pronunciation : Skep
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.]
Definition : 1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Tusser.
2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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