Skill, v. i. 1. To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
I can not skill of these thy ways. Herbert.
2. To make a difference; to signify; to matter; — used impersonally. Spenser.
What skills it, if a bag of stones or gold
About thy neck do drown thee? Herbert.
It skills not talking of it. Sir W. Scott.