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Quotation dates: 1653
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Skite, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. skyte (1449), skite (1596), ON skíta.] a. tr. = S(c)hit(t v. 1. b. intr. = S(c)hite v. 2. —a. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii xviii.
I will make this vain-glorious Englishman to skite vinegar before all the world —b. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xiii.
‘What,’ said Gargantua, ‘to skite?’ ‘No,’ said Grandgousier, ‘but to wipe our tails’
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