Webster's Dictionary 1913

5590

Skelder (2)

Skel″der, n. A vagrant; a cheat. B. Jonson.

5591

Skeldrake

{ Skel″drake′ (?), orSkiel″drake′ (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) (a) The common European sheldrake. (b) The oyster catcher.

5592

Skelet

Skel″et (?), n. A skeleton. See Scelet.

5593

Skeletal

Skel″e‐tal (?), a. Pertaining to the skeleton.

5594

Skeletogenous

Skel′e‐tog″e‐nous (?), a. [Skeleton + -genous.] Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

5595

Skeletology

Skel′e‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Skeleton + -logy.] That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

5596

Skeleton

Skel″e‐ton (?), n. 1. (Anat.) (a) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.] (b...

5597

Skeleton (2)

Skel″e‐ton, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon;...

5598

Skeletonize

Skel″e‐ton‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Skeletonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skeletonizing (?).] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. Pop. Sci. Mont...

5599

Skeletonizer

Skel″e‐ton‐i′zer (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

5600

Skellum

Skel″lum (?), n. [Dan. schelm, fr. G. schelm.] A scoundrel. Pepys. Burns.

5601

Skelly

Skel″ly (?), v. i. [Cf. Dan. skele, Sw. skela.] To squint. Sir W. Scott.

5602

Skelly (2)

Skel″ly, n. A squint.

5603

Skelp

Skelp (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.] 1. A blow; a s...

5604

Skelp (2)

Skelp, v. t. To strike; to slap. C. Reade.

5605

Skelp (3)

Skelp, n. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

5606

Skelp (4)

Skelp (?), v. t. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.

5607

Skelter

Skel″ter (?), v. i. [Cf. Helter-skelter.] To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; — with away or off. A. R. Wallace.

5608

Sken

Sken (?), v. i. To squint.

5609

Skene

Skene (?), n. See Skean. C. Kingsley.

5610

Skep

Skep (?), n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.] 1. A coarse round farm basket. Tusser.2. A beehive.

5611

Skeptic

Skep″tic (?), n. [Gr. σκεπτικόσ thoughtful, reflective, fr. σκέπτεσθαι to look carefully or about, to view, consider: cf. L. scepticus, F. sceptique. See Scope.] [Written also s...

5612

Skeptic (2)

{ Skep″tic (?), Skep″tic‐al (?), } a. [Written also sceptic, sceptical.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the cer...

5613

Skepticism

Skep″ti‐cism (?), n. [Cf. F. scepticisme.] [Written also scepticism.] 1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.That momentary amazement, and irresolution, an...

5614

Skepticize

Skep″ti‐cize (?), v. i. To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.To skepticize, where no one else will... hesitate. Shaftesbury.

5615

Skerry

Sker″ry (?), n.; pl.Skerries (#). [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. sker, Sw. skär, Dan. ski�r. Cf. Scar a bank.] A rocky isle; an insulated rock.

5616

Sketch

Sketch (?), n. [D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. Esquisse.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to sketch.] An outline or general delineatio...