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skep

[skep]
–noun
1. a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
2. Also, skepful. the amount contained in a skep.
3. a beehive, esp. of straw.

Origin:
bef. 1100; ME skeppe, late OE sceppe < ON skeppa half-bushel; akin to G Scheffel
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skep   (skěp)   
n.  A beehive, especially one of straw.

[Middle English, basket, from Old Norse skeppa, a dry measure, and from Old English sceppe (from Old Norse skeppa).]
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