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`skip` for filters

Skip the first several rows of the input. Counterpart of `drop`. Opposite of `first`.

> skip {flags} (n)

input	output
list<any>	list<any>
table	table

Skip the first value of a list

> [2468] |skip1
╭───┬───╮
│0│4│
│1│6│
│2│8│
╰───┴───╯

Skip two rows of a table

> [[editions]; [2015] [2018] [2021]] |skip2
╭───┬──────────╮
│# │ editions │
├───┼──────────┤
│0│2021│
╰───┴──────────╯

To skip specific numbered rows, try drop nth. To skip specific named columns, try reject.

name	type	usage
`skip until`	Builtin	Skip elements of the input until a predicate is true.
`skip while`	Builtin	Skip elements of the input while a predicate is true.