skilling
1[ skil-ing ]
/ ˈskɪl ɪŋ /
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noun
a former silver coin of Denmark, Sweden, and the Danish West Indies.
any of various former copper coins of Sweden and Norway.
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Nearby words
skilled labor, skilless, skillet, skillful, skillfully, skilling, skillion, skilly, skim, skim milk, skim off
Origin of skilling
1Definition for skilling (2 of 3)
Definition for skilling (3 of 3)
skill
2[ skil ]
/ skɪl /
verb (used without object) Archaic.
to matter.
to help; avail.
Origin of skill
21150–1200; 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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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 Formsskill-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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Word Origin and History for skilling
skill
late 12c., "power of discernment," from Old Norse skil "distinction, ability to make out, discernment, adjustment," related to skilja (v.) "to separate; discern, understand," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo- "divide, separate" (cf. Swedish skäl "reason," Danish skjel "a separation, boundary, limit," Middle Low German schillen "to differ," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schele "separation, discrimination;" see shell (n.)). Sense of "ability, cleverness" first recorded early 13c.
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