Skĕp, n.
[A-S. scep, sceop, a basket, chest, box, L. Ger. schapp, a cupboard, chest, Gael. sgeap, a basket, a bee-hive.]
Sense 1. A coarse, round farm-basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
Sense 2. The repository in which bees store their honey; a bee-hive. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] Johnson.