Webster's Dictionary 1913

5725

Skitter (2)

Skit″ter, v. i. To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitte...

5726

Skittish

Skit″tish (?), a. [See Skit, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. “A restiff, skittish jade.” L'Estrange.2. Wanton; restive; freakish;...

5727

Skittle

Skit″tle (?), a. Pertaining to the game of skittles.Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. — Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for...

5728

Skittle-dog

Skit″tle–dog′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The piked dogfish.

5729

Skittles

Skit″tles (?), n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. √159. See Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.] An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead ...

5730

Skitty

Skit″ty (?), n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zoöl.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.

5731

Skive

Skive (?), n. [Cf. Icel. skīfa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.] The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

5732

Skive (2)

Skive (?), v. t. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

5733

Skiver

Skiv″er (?), n. [Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment.] 1. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, ...

5734

Skiving

Ski″ving (?), n. 1. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.2. A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

5735

Sklayre

Sklayre (?), n. [Cf. G. schleier.] A vell.

5736

Sklere

Sklere (?), v. t. To shelter; to cover.

5737

Skolecite

{ Skol″e‐cite (?), Skol″e‐zite (?) }, n.(Min.) See Scolecite.

5738

Skonce

Skonce (?), n. See Sconce.

5739

Skopster

Skop″ster (skŏp″stẽr), n. The saury.

5740

Skoptsy

‖Skop‐tsy″ (?), n. pl. See Raskolnik.

5741

Skorodite

Skor″o‐dite (?), n.(Min.) See Scorodite.

5742

Skout

Skout (?), n.(Zoöl.) A guillemot.

5743

Skowitz

Sko″witz (?), n.(Zoöl.) The silver salmon.

5744

Skreen

Skreen (?), n. & v. See Screen.

5745

Skrike

Skrike (?), v. i. & t. To shriek. Chaucer.

5746

Skrike (2)

Skrike, n.(Zoöl.) The missel thrush.

5747

Skrimmage

Skrim″mage (?), n. See Scrimmage.

5748

Skrimp

Skrimp (?), v. t. See Scrimp.

5749

Skringe

Skringe (?), v. i. See Scringe.

5750

Skrite

Skrite (?), n.(Zoöl.) The skrike.

5751

Skua

Sku″a (?), n. [Icel. sk�fr, sk�mr.] (Zoöl.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; — called also boatswain.