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a. 1553. Udall, Royster D., V. ii. (Arb.), 80. By your leaue I am not halfe well skilled in that arte.
1594. Shaks., Rich. III., IV. iv. 116. O thou well skill’d in Curses, stay a-while, And teach me how to curse mine enemies.
1615. Chapman, Odyss., XI. 472. This then must stand, If while I liue, I rule in the command Of this well-skild-in-Nauigation State.
1634. Milton, Comus, 620. A certain Shepherd Lad … well skill’d in every vertuous plant and healing herb.
1715. Pope, Iliad, III. 477. She seem’d an ancient maid, well-skill’d to cull The snowy fleece.
1808. Scott, Marmion, VI. xx. O for one hour of Wallace wight, Or well-skill’d Bruce, to rule the fight.
absol. 1900. Westm. Gaz., 15 Jan., 1/3. Whist must be played by the unskilled as well as by the well-skilled.
