Defn: Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her
skinny lips." Shak.
He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge.
SKIP
Skip, n. Etym: [See Skep.]
1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
3. (Mining)
Defn: An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
4. (Sugar Manuf.)
Defn: A charge of sirup in the pans.
5. A beehive; a skep.
SKIP Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] Etym: [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.]