Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Skerries (pl. ) of Skerry
Skerry (n.) A rocky isle; an insulated rock.
Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
Sketched (imp. & p. p.) of Sketch
Sketching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sketch
Sketch (n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
Sketch (n.) To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
Sketch (v. i.) To make sketches, as of landscapes.
Sketchbook (n.) A book of sketches or for sketches.
Sketcher (n.) One who sketches.
Sketchily (adv.) In a sketchy or incomplete manner.
Sketchiness (n.) The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.
Sketchy (a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
Skewed (imp. & p. p.) of Skew
Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skew
Skew (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
Skew (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.
Skewbald (a.) Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.
Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of Skewer
Skewering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skewer
Skewer (v. t.) To fasten with skewers.
Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
Skid (n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
Skid (n.) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
Skid (n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
Skidded (imp. & p. p.) of Skid
Skidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skid
Skid (v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Skiddaw (n.) The black guillemot.
Skidpan (n.) See Skid, n., 1.
Skied () imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t.
Skiey (a.) See Skyey.
Skiff (n.) A small, light boat.
Skiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Skiff
Skiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skiff
Skiff (v. t.) To navigate in a skiff.
Skiffling (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
Skilful (a.) See Skilful.
Skill (n.) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Skill (n.) Knowledge; understanding.
Skill (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
Skill (n.) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Skill (n.) Any particular art.
Skill (v. t.) To know; to understand.
Skill (v. i.) To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
Skill (v. i.) To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
Skilled (a.) Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
Skillet (n.) A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.
Skillful (a.) Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
Skillful (a.) Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.
Skilligalee (n.) A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
Skilling (n.) A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
Skilling (n.) A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck.
Skill-less (a.) Wanting skill.
Skilts (n. pl.) A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.
Skilty (n.) The water rail.
Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Skim
Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim
Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
Skim (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Skim (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Skim (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.
Skimback (n.) The quillback.
Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.
Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.
Skimmer (n.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.
Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.
Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.
Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.
Skimped (imp. & p. p.) of Skimp
Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skimp
Skimp (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
Skimp (a.) Scanty.
Skin (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.
Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
Skin (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.