skeelful

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noun

The quantity contained in a skeel.

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Meanings

nounskeelful (plural skeelfuls)

plural skeelfuls

  1. rareThe quantity contained in a skeel.

    FARDIN-PANT, a fountain, pant, or stand at which water was sold for a farthing a skeelful.

    1892, Northumberland Words, published by the English Dialect Society, volume 28, page 276
    1 more example

    ... But wi' skeelfuls o' wetter he brightened his jaw; Why, he smelt like a rose when he kissed me.

    1848, Joseph Philip Robson, The Monomaniac and Minor Poems, page 128

Origin

From skeel + -ful.

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APA

skeelful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeelful

MLA

“skeelful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeelful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skeelful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeelful.

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