Skip (4)
Skip, n. 1. A light leap or bound.2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more t...
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Skipjack
Skip″jack′ (?), n. 1. An upstart. Ford.2. (Zoöl.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.3. (Zoöl.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewi...
Skipper
Skip″per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, skips.2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.3. (Zoöl.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Chee...
Skipper (2)
Skip″per, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.2. A ship boy. Congreve.
Skippet
Skip″pet (?), n. [Cf. Icel. skip, E. skipper. See Ship.] 1. A small boat; a skiff.A little skippet floating did appear. Spenser.2. A small round box for keeping records.
Skippingly
Skip″ping‐ly (?), adv. In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
Skirl
Skirl (?), v. t. & i. [Of Scand. origin, and originally the same word as E. shrill.] To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.
Skirl (2)
Skirl, n. A shrill cry or sound.
Skirlcock
Skirl″cock′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The missel thrush; — so called from its harsh alarm note.
Skirlcrake
Skirl″crake′ (?), n. The turnstone.
Skirling
Skirl″ing, n. A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. Sir W. Scott.When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened. Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
Skirling (2)
Skirl″ing, n.(Zoöl.) A small trout or salmon; — a name used loosely.
Skirmish
Skir″mish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Skirmished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Skirmishing.] [OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origi...
Skirmish (2)
Skir″mish, n.[OE. scarmishe, scrymishe. See Skirmish, v. i.] 1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small...
Skirmisher
Skir″mish‐er (?), n. One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl.(Mil.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
Skirr
Skirr (?), v. t. [Cf. Scur, Scurry.] To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. Shak.
Skirr (2)
Skirr, v. i. To scour; to scud; to run.
Skirr (3)
Skirr, n.(Zoöl.) A tern.
Skirret
Skir″ret (?), n. [A corrupted form equivalent to sugarwort.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, orPimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in...
Skirrhus
Skir″rhus (?), n.(Med.) See Scirrhus.
Skirt
Skirt (?), n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skört a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.] 1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like...
Skirt (2)
Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n.Skirting.] 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. Milton.2. To border; to form the...
Skirt (3)
Skirt, v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.Savages... who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.
Skirting
Skirt″ing, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board.2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.
Skit
Skit (?), v. t. [Prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty, precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E. shoot, v.t.; cf. Icel. skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter, skjōta t...
Skit (2)
Skit, n. 1. A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib. Tooke.A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his “Tritical Essay upon the Fa...
Skitter
Skit″ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Skit, v. t.] To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters...