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| On Sep 4, 8:27 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
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> >"skite-ed away"
> >mean
> >"skidded away"
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> From:http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/
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> SKITE, v.1, adv., adj., n.1
> v. 1. intr. To dart, to shoot, fly through the air suddenly
> and forcibly, and freq. in an oblique direction, to fly off
> at a tangent (Sc. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl. 1808 Jam.; Rxb |
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Group: alt.usage.english · Group Profile · Search for Skiting in alt.usage.english
Author: Will
Date: Sep 4, 2008 06:04
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:28:03 -0400, Marius Hancu <NOSPAM@videotron.ca> wrote: Hello: Could: "skite-ed away" mean "skidded away" From: http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ SKITE, v.1, adv., adj., n.1 v. 1. intr. To dart, to shoot, fly through the air suddenly and forcibly, and freq. in an oblique direction, to fly off at a tangent (Sc. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl. 1808
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