Webster's Dictionary 1913

5617

Sketch (2)

Sketch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sketched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sketching.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See Sketch, n.] 1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought...

5618

Sketch (3)

Sketch, v. i. To make sketches, as of landscapes.

5619

Sketchbook

Sketch″book′, n. A book of sketches or for sketches.

5620

Sketcher

Sketch″er (?), n. One who sketches.

5621

Sketchily

Sketch″i‐ly (?), adv. In a sketchy or incomplete manner. “Sketchily descriptive.” Bartlett.

5622

Sketchiness

Sketch″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

5623

Sketchy

Sketch″y (?), a. Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.The execution is sketchy throughout; the head, in particular, is left in t...

5624

Skew

Skew (?), adv. [Cf. D. scheef. Dan. ski�v, Sw. skef, Icel. skeifr, G. schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.] Awry; obliquely; askew.

5625

Skew (2)

Skew, a. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; — chiefly used in technical phrases.Skew arch, an oblique arch. See under Oblique. — Skew back. (Civil Engin....

5626

Skew (3)

Skew (?), n.(Arch.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones ...

5627

Skew (4)

Skew, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Skewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skewing.] 1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. L'Est...

5628

Skew (5)

Skew, v. t. [See Skew, adv.] 1. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.2. To throw or hurl obliquely.

5629

Skewbald

Skew″bald′ (?), a. Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; — usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black...

5630

Skewer

Skew″er (?), n. [Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate. Cf. Shuver a fragment.] A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form...

5631

Skewer (2)

Skew″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Skewered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skewering.] To fasten with skewers.

5632

Ski

Ski (?), n. Same as Skee.

5633

Skiagraph

Ski″a‐graph (?), n.Ski‐ag″ra‐phy (�), n., etc. See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.

5634

Skiascope

{ Ski″a‐scope (?), Sci″a‐scope (?) }, n. [Gr. � a shadow + -scope.] (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lig...

5635

Skid

Skid (skĭd), n. [Icel. skīð a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.] 1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prev...

5636

Skid (2)

Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Skidded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skidding.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.2. To check with a skid, as wagon ...

5637

Skid (3)

Skid (?), n. 1. (Aëronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.2. [From the v.] Act of skidding; — called also side slip.

5638

Skid (4)

Skid, v. i. 1. To slide without rotating; — said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the roa...

5639

Skid (5)

Skid, v. t.(Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.

5640

Skid road

Skid road. (Logging) (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; — called also travois, or travoy, road. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (...

5641

Skiddaw

Skid″daw′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The black guillemot.

5642

Skidder

Skid″der (?), n. One that skids; one that uses a skid; specif.: (Logging) (a) One that skids logs. (b) An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs. (c) The foreman of ...

5643

Skidpan

Skid″pan′ (?), n. See Skid, n., 1.