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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Skipping,) Scipping, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. skipping (1560, Geneva Bible); Skip v.] That skips, or hops. —a1585 Maitl. Q. 106/82.
Nor scipping froggis amid the medow grein
