| skirt | 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. "Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold." (Milton) 2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." Origin: Skirted; Skirting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| skittle | 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 throwing at the pins in the game of skittles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skittle-dog | <zoology> The piked dogfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skittles | An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins. Origin: Of Scand. Origin. See Shoot, and cf. Shuttle, Skit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skitty | <zoology> A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. Origin: Cf. Skittish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skiver | 1. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc. 2. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins. Origin: Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skiving | 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |