Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SKEEVE, n. A small bobbin of a tapering form which works in a flying shuttle in a cotton- or wool-spinning machine (Abd. 1947). [ski:v]
[Phs. ad. Du. schijf, a disk, wheel, pulley wheel, cogn. with Eng. sheave, pulley. Cf. Skeigh.]
