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skepful

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skep⋅ful

  [skep-fool]
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–noun, plural -fuls.
skep (def. 2).
Origin:
1560–70; skep + -ful

Usage note:
See -ful.

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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