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Sixth (?), n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
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2. The next in order after the fifth.
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3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
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Sixthly, adv. In the sixth place. Bacon.
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Sixtieth (?), a. [As. sixtiogoða, sixtigoða.] 1. Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
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2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Sixtieth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
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2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
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Sixty (?), a. [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. saíhs tigjus. See , , and cf. .] Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
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Sixty, n.; pl. Sixties (�). 1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
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Sixty-fourth (?), a. Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
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Coloq. Sixty-fourth note (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.
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Sizable (?), a. 1. Of considerable size or bulk. “A sizable volume.” Bp. Hurd.
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2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk. Arbuthnot.
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Sizar (?), n. One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.
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The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging. Macaulay.
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☞ They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th , 2.
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Sizarship, n. The position or standing of a sizar.
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Size (?), n. [See , and .] Six.
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Size (?), n. [OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit down, akin to sedere to sit. See , v. i., and cf. , bulk.] 1. A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.
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2. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.
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Size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sizing.] To cover with size; to prepare with size.
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Size, n. [Abbrev. from assize. See , and cf. glue.] 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See . [Obs.] “To scant my sizes.” Shak.
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2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.
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3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.
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4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.
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Men of a less size and quality. L'Estrange.
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The middling or lower size of people. Swift.
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5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.
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6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Knight.
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Coloq. Size roll , a small piese of parchment added to a roll. -- Coloq. Size stick , a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot.
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Syn. -- Dimension; bigness; largeness; greatness; magnitude.
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Size, v. t. 1. To fix the standard of. “To size weights and measures.” [R.] Bacon.
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2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. (b) (Mining) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
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3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Beau. & Fl.
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4. (Mech.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.
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Coloq. To size up , to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th , 4. [Slang, U.S.]
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We had to size up our fellow legislators. The Century.
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Size, v. i. 1. To take greater size; to increase in size.
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Our desires give them fashion, and so,
As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow. Donne.
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2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
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Sized (?), a. 1. Adjusted according to size.
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2. Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.
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Sizel (?), n. Same as , 2.
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Sizer (?), n. 1. See .
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2. (Mech.) (a) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. (b) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
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Siziness (?), n. The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.
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Sizing, n. 1. Act of covering or treating with size.
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2. A weak glue used in various trades; size.
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Sizing, n. 1. The act of sorting with respect to size.
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2. The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
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3. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
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Sizy (?), a. [From 2d .] Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood. Arbuthnot.
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Sizzle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sizzling (?).] [See .] To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Forby.
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Sizzle, n. A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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Sizzling (?), a. & n. from .
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Skaddle (?), n. [Dim. of scath.] Hurt; damage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.
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Skaddle, a. Hurtful. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.
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Skaddon (?), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of a bee. [Prov. Eng.]
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Skag (?), n. (Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See .
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Skain (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Skain, n. See . Drayton.
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Skainsmate (?), n. [Perhaps originally, a companion in winding thread (see ), or a companion in arms, from skain a sword (see ).] A messmate; a companion. [Obs.]
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Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt-gills; I am none of his skainsmates. Shak.
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Skaith (?), n. See . [Scot.]
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Skald (?), n. See 5th .
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Skaldic (?), a. See . Max Müller.
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Skall (?), v. t. To scale; to mount. [Obs.]
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{ Skar (?), Skare (?), } a. [From the root of scare.] Wild; timid; shy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Skart (?), n. [Cf. a cormorant.] (Zoöl.) The shag. [Prov. Eng.]
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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 the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.
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2. (Skat) A widow of two cards.
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Skate (skāt), n. [D. schaats. Cf. .] 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 ice.
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Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep,
On sounding skates, a thousand different ways,
In circling poise, swift as the winds, along,
The then gay land is maddened all to joy. Thomson.
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Coloq. Roller skate . See under .
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Skate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skated; p. pr. & vb. n. Skating.] To move on skates.
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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 genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
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☞ Some of the species are used for food, as the European blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or barn-door, skate (R. lævis) is also a large species, often becoming three or four feet across. The common spiny skate (R. erinacea) is much smaller.
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Coloq. Skate's egg . See . -- Coloq. Skate sucker , any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates.
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Skater (?), n. 1. One who skates.
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2. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
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Skatol (?), 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 also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.
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Skayles (?), n. [√159.] Skittles. [Obs.]
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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. [Variously spelt.] “His skean, or pistol.” Spenser.
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Skedaddle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skedaddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling (?).] [Of uncertain etymology.] To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]
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Skee (?), n. [Dan. ski; Icel. skī� a billet of wood. See .] A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.
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Skeed (?), n. See .
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Skeel (?), n. [Icel. skj�la a pail, bucket.] A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Grose.
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{ Skeelduck (?), Skeelgoose (?), } n. [See .] (Zoöl.) The common European sheldrake. [Prov. Eng.]
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Skeet (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
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Skeg (?), n. [Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk�gr a wood, Sw. skog. Cf. .] 1. A sort of wild plum. [Obs.] Holland.
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2. pl. A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.
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3. (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
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Skegger (?), n. (Zoöl.) The parr. Walton.
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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 from Celtic.] 1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.
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☞ A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel.
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2. (Wagon Making) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.
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Skein, n. (Zoöl.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]
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Skeine (?), n. See .
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Skelder (?), v. t. & i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Skelder, n. A vagrant; a cheat. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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{ Skeldrake (?), or Skieldrake (?), } n. (Zoöl.) (a) The common European sheldrake. (b) The oyster catcher.
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Skelet (?), n. A skeleton. See .
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Skeletal (?), a. Pertaining to the skeleton.
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Skeletogenous (?), a. [Skeleton + -genous.] Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
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Skeletology (?), n. [Skeleton + -logy.] That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.
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Skeleton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ���� (sc. ���) a dried body, a mummy, fr. ���� dried up, parched, ���� to dry, dry up, parch.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
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☞ In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages. See , and .
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2. Hence, figuratively: (a) A very thin or lean person. (b) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
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The great skeleton of the world. Sir M. Hale.
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(c) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
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Skeleton, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
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Coloq. Skeleton bill , a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Skeleton key , a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. -- Coloq. Skeleton leaf , a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. -- Coloq. Skeleton proof , a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Coloq. Skeleton regiment , a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. -- Coloq. Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under .
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Skeletonize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skeletonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skeletonizing (?).] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
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Skeletonizer (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.
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Skellum (?), n. [Dan. schelm, fr. G. schelm.] A scoundrel. [Obs. or Scot.] Pepys. Burns.
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Skelly (?), v. i. [Cf. Dan. skele, Sw. skela.] To squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Skelly, n. A squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Skelp (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.] 1. A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.
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2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]
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Skelp, v. t. 1. To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade.
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2. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.
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Skelp, n. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
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Skelter (?), v. i. [Cf. .] To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off. [Colloq.] A. R. Wallace.
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Sken (?), v. i. To squint. [Prov. Eng.]
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Skene (?), n. See . C. Kingsley.
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Skep (?), n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.] 1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Tusser.
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2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Skeptic (?), n. [Gr. skeptikos thoughtful, reflective, fr. skeptesqai to look carefully or about, to view, consider: cf. L. scepticus, F. sceptique. See .] [Written also sceptic.] 1. One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.
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