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English
Etymology
From Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic *skeulǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
skeel (plural skeels)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
1789, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire:The dairywoman now rolls the whole into one lump […] , closing the fingers, partially, at every stroke; thereby leaving it at the bottom of the skeel, exceedingly rough.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A washtub.
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Noun
skeel (countable and uncountable, plural skeels)
- skill