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词汇 skippet
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Definition of skippet in English:

skippet

nounˈskɪpɪtˈskipit
historical
  • A small round wooden box used to preserve documents and seals.

    〈主史〉封蜡盒(用以保存文件和封印的小圆木盒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Seal, made of green beeswax and placed in a metal box called a skippet, hung like a pendant from the document.
    • A removable shelf allows the object to be removed from the box without exerting stress on the binding, skippet, tassels, and metallic cord.
    • A stream of corrosive acid sprays out from the skippet, catching you in the chest as you leap back in terror.
    • From the scroll are suspended the officer of arms’ wax seals in their brass skippets.
    • The object attached by the braided cord, called a skippet, contains the seal of the French government impressed in wax.

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

pipit, sippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet

Definition of skippet in US English:

skippet

nounˈskipit
historical
  • A small round wooden box used to preserve documents and seals.

    〈主史〉封蜡盒(用以保存文件和封印的小圆木盒)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A stream of corrosive acid sprays out from the skippet, catching you in the chest as you leap back in terror.
    • A removable shelf allows the object to be removed from the box without exerting stress on the binding, skippet, tassels, and metallic cord.
    • The object attached by the braided cord, called a skippet, contains the seal of the French government impressed in wax.
    • The Seal, made of green beeswax and placed in a metal box called a skippet, hung like a pendant from the document.
    • From the scroll are suspended the officer of arms’ wax seals in their brass skippets.

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin.

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