Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SKINDEEP

SKIN'DEEP, adjective Superficial; not deep; slight.

2729

SKINFLINT

SKIN'FLINT, noun (skin and flint) A very niggardly person.

2730

SKINK

SKINK, noun1. Drink; pottage.2. (Latin scincus) A small lizard of Egypt; also, the common name of a genus of lizards, with a long body entirely covered with rounded imbricate sc...

2731

SKINKER

SKINK'ER, noun One that serves liquors.

2732

SKINLESS

SKIN'LESS, adjective (from skin) Having a thin skin; as skinless fruit.

2733

SKINNED

SKIN'NED, participle passive1. Stripped of the skin; flayed2. Covered with skin.

2734

SKINNER

SKIN'NER, noun1. One that skins.2. One that deals in skins, plets or hides.

2735

SKINNINESS

SKIN'NINESS, noun The quality of being skinny.

2736

SKINNY

SKIN'NY, adjective Consisting of skin, or of skin only; wanting flesh.

2737

SKIP

SKIP, verb intransitive To leap; to bound; to spring; as a goat or lamb.To skip over, to pass without notice; to omit.SKIP, verb transitive To pass over or by; to omit; to miss....

2738

SKIPPER

SKIP'PER, noun1. The master of a small trading vessel.2. (from skip.) A dancer.3. A youngling; a young thoughtless person.4. The hornfish, so called.5. The cheese maggot.

2739

SKIPPET

SKIP'PET, noun (See Ship and Skiff.) A small boat.

2740

SKIPPING

SKIP'PING, participle present tense Leaping; bounding. skipping notes, in music, are notes that are not in regular course, but separate.

2741

SKIPPINGLY

SKIP'PINGLY, adverb by leaps.

2742

SKIRMISH

SKIRMISH, noun1. A slight fight in war; a light combat by armies at a great distance from each other, or between detachments and small parties.2. A contest; a contention.They ne...

2743

SKIRMISHER

SKIRM'ISHER, noun One that skirmishes.

2744

SKIRMISHING

SKIRM'ISHING, participle present tense Fighting slightly or in detached parties.SKIRM'ISHING, noun The act of fighting in a loose or slight encounter.

2745

SKIRR

SKIRR, verb transitive To scour; to ramble over in order to clear.SKIRR, verb intransitive To scour; to scud; to run hastily.

2746

SKIRRET

SKIR'RET, noun A plant of the genus Sium.

2747

SKIRRUS

SKIR'RUS. (See Scirrhus.)

2748

SKIRT

SKIRT, noun1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Samuel 15:27.2. The edge of any part of dress.3....

2749

SKIRTED

SKIRT'ED, participle passive Bordered.

2750

SKIRTING

SKIRT'ING, participle present tense Bordering; forming a border.

2751

SKIT

SKIT, noun A wanton girl; a reflection; a jeer or jibe; a whim.SKIT, verb transitive To cast reflections.

2752

SKITTISH

SKIT'TISH, adjective1. Shy; easily frightened; shunning familiarity; timorous; as a restif skittish jade. L'Estrange.2. Wanton; volatile; hasty.3. Changeable; fickle; as skittis...

2753

SKITTISHLY

SKIT'TISHLY, adverb Shyly; wantonly; changeably.

2754

SKITTISHNESS

SKIT'TISHNESS, noun1. Shyness; aptness to fear approach; timidity.2. Fickleness; wantonness.