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(skĕp) 
n.
A beehive, especially one of straw.
n.
A beehive, especially one of straw.
[Middle English, basket, from Old Norse skeppa, a dry measure, and from Old English sceppe (from Old Norse skeppa).]
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A straw or wicker beehive, these days most often used as an ornament in an herb garden.
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