Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
Skinned (imp. & p. p.) of Skin
Skinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skin
Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
Skin (v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
Skin (v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
Skin (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Skinbound (a.) Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
Skinched (imp. & p. p.) of Skinch
Skinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skinch
Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
Skinflint (n.) A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Skinfuls (pl. ) of Skinful
Skinful (n.) As much as a skin can hold.
Skink (n.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
Skinked (imp. & p. p.) of Skink
Skinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skink
Skink (v. t.) To draw or serve, as drink.
Skink (v. i.) To serve or draw liquor.
Skink (n.) Drink; also, pottage.
Skinker (n.) One who serves liquor; a tapster.
Skinless (a.) Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
Skinner (n.) One who skins.
Skinner (n.) One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
Skinniness (n.) Quality of being skinny.
Skinny (a.) Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
Skip (n.) A basket. See Skep.
Skip (n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
Skip (n.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
Skip (n.) A beehive; a skep.
Skipped (imp. & p. p.) of Skip
Skipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skip
Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
Skip (v. t.) To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
Skip (v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
Skip (n.) A light leap or bound.
Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Skip (n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Skipper (n.) One who, or that which, skips.
Skipper (n.) A young, thoughtless person.
Skipper (n.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Skipper (n.) A ship boy.
Skippet (n.) A small boat; a skiff.
Skippet (n.) A small round box for keeping records.
Skippingly (adv.) In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
Skirl (v. t.& i.) To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.
Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.
Skirlcock (n.) The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.
Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.
Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Skirling (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
Skirmished (imp. & p. p.) of Skirmish
Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirmish
Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes.
Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
Skirr (v. t.) To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
Skirr (v. i.) To scour; to scud; to run.
Skirr (n.) A tern.
Skirret (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.
Skirrhus (n.) See Scirrhus.
Skirt (n.) The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Skirted (imp. & p. p.) of Skirt
Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirt
Skirt (v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Skirting (n.) A skirting board.
Skirting (n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
Skit (v. t.) To cast reflections on; to asperse.
Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
Skit (n.) A wanton girl; a light wench.
Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
Skittish (v. t.) Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
Skittle (a.) Pertaining to the game of skittles.
Skittle-dog (n.) The piked dogfish.
Skittles (v. t.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
Skitty (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.
Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Skive (v. t.) To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
Skiver (n.) 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.
Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.