Webster's Dictionary 1913

5563

Skainsmate

Skains″mate′ (?), n. [Perhaps originally, a companion in winding thread (see Skein), or a companion in arms, from skain a sword (see Skean).] A messmate; a companion.Scurvy knav...

5564

Skaith

Skaith (?), n. See Scatch.

5565

Skald

Skald (?), n. See 5th Scald.

5566

Skaldic

Skald″ic (?), a. See Scaldic. Max Müller.

5567

Skall

Skall (?), v. t. To scale; to mount.

5568

Skar

{ Skar (?), Skare (?), } a. [From the root of scare.] Wild; timid; shy.

5569

Skart

Skart (?), n. [Cf. Scarf a cormorant.] (Zoöl.) The shag.

5570

Skat

Skat (skät), n. [G., fr. It. scartare to discard.] 1. A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for th...

5571

Skate

Skate (?), n. [D. schaats. Cf. Scatches.] A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, — made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on i...

5572

Skate (2)

Skate, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Skated; p. pr. & vb. n.Skating.] To move on skates.

5573

Skate (3)

Skate, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten, meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the g...

5574

Skater

Skat″er (?), n. 1. One who skates.2. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long le...

5575

Skatol

Ska″tol (?), n. [Gr. ���, dung + -ol.] (Physiol. Chem.) A constituent of human fæces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is ...

5576

Skayles

Skayles (?), n. Skittles.

5577

Skean

Skean (?), n. [Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a large knife, a scimiter.] A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. “His skean, or p...

5578

Skedaddle

Ske‐dad″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Skedaddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skedaddling (?).] To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

5579

Skee

Skee (?), n. [Dan. ski; Icel. skī� a billet of wood. See Skid.] A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.

5580

Skeed

Skeed (?), n. See Skid.

5581

Skeel

Skeel (?), n. [Icel. skj�la a pail, bucket.] A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. Grose.

5582

Skeelduck

{ Skeel″duck′ (?), Skeel″goose′ (?), } n. [See Sheldrake.] (Zoöl.) The common European sheldrake.

5583

Skeet

Skeet (?), n.(Naut.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

5584

Skeg

Skeg (?), n. [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk�gr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. Shaw.] 1. A sort of wild plum. Holland.2. pl. A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.3...

5585

Skegger

Skeg″ger (?), n.(Zoöl.) The parr. Walton.

5586

Skein

Skein (?), n. [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. écagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately f...

5587

Skein (2)

Skein, n.(Zoöl.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

5588

Skeine

Skeine (?), n. See Skean.

5589

Skelder

Skel″der (?), v. t. & i. To deceive; to cheat; to trick. B. Jonson.