skilling

[ skil-ing ]

/ ˈskɪl ɪŋ /

noun

a former silver coin of Denmark, Sweden, and the Danish West Indies.

any of various former copper coins of Sweden and Norway.

Words nearby skilling

skilled, skilled labor, skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skilly, skim, skim milk, skim off

Origin of skilling

1690–1700; < Danish; cognate with shilling

Definition for skilling (2 of 3)

skilling²

[ skil-ing ]

/ ˈskɪl ɪŋ /

noun

skillion.

Definition for skilling (3 of 3)

skill²

[ skil ]

/ skɪl /

verb (used without object) Archaic.

to matter.

to help; avail.

Origin of skill

1150–1200; Middle English skilien < Old Norse skilja to distinguish, divide, akin to skil (see skill¹), Old English scylian to separate, Gothic skilja butcher, Lithuanian skélti to split

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Examples from the Web for skilling

Skilling was indicted on 35 counts of fraud and insider trading related to the Enron collapse.
Will Celebrity Snoop Anthony Pellicano Get Sprung?|Christine Pelisek|June 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Skilling's plight and fight are of little interest; he's been in prison for the last 3.5 years, with many more to follow.
More Enrons on the Way|Sherron Watkins|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The appeal, however, is not likely to spring Skilling from his prison cell in Colorado.
More Enrons on the Way|Sherron Watkins|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Yes, which leads me to a fascination with the cult leader, which is in a way what Skilling was at ENRON.
Ken Lay Lives!|Kevin Sessums|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Some have even compared it to Shakespeare's Richard III because Skilling's tragedy, like Richard's, is his increasing isolation.
Ken Lay Lives!|Kevin Sessums|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
“Twenty-four skillings make a mark, and a skilling is about a halfpenny English,” Ole explained.
Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic
It is near enough for our purpose to say that a mark is twenty-two cents, and a skilling one cent.
Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic
"But by this means he brings a skilling home," said the old woman.
O. T.|Hans Christian Andersen
The coins in circulation are the mark, the two, the four, and the twelve skilling piece.
Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic
A portion of the court is roofed in, and is called the "skilling."
The Toilers of the Field|Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for skilling (1 of 2)

skilling

/ (ˈskɪlɪŋ) /

noun

a former Scandinavian coin of low denomination

Word Origin for skilling

C18: from Danish and Swedish; see shilling

British Dictionary definitions for skilling (2 of 2)

skill

/ (skɪl) /

noun

special ability in a task, sport, etc, esp ability acquired by training

something, esp a trade or technique, requiring special training or manual proficiency

obsolete understanding

Derived forms of skill

skill-less or skilless, adjective

Word Origin for skill

C12: from Old Norse skil distinction; related to Middle Low German schēle, Middle Dutch geschil difference

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verb (used without object) Archaic.

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