Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
scout , schuit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A boat; a small vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
boat ; a smallvessel .
Etymologies
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From Icelandic; akin to Swedish skuta, Danish skude, Dutch schuit.
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Examples
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"Never set eyes on the little skute but twice altogether," said Davy.
Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892
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She'll not give a skute at the heirs the ould man's telling of; but them young drapers and druggists, they'll plague the life out of the girl.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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Then, drawing his chair nearer to Philip's, he added, in a half whisper, "I'm getting a bit of a skute into something, though.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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And you'll be waiting for me constant, and never giving a skute of your little eye to them drapers and druggists from Ramsey ---- "
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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