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Sixtieth

The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

Sixty

The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Sixty-fourth

Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Sizable

Of considerable size or bulk.

Sizar

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.

Sizarship

The position or standing of a sizar.

Size

To take greater size; to increase in size.

Sized

Adjusted according to size.

Siziness

The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

Sizing

The act of sorting with respect to size.

Sizy

Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.

Sizzle

A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.

Skag

An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

Skat

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.

Skate

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.

Skatol

A constituent of human faeces 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.

Skean

A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]

Skedaddle

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

Skee

A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.

Skeel

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Skeet

A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

Skeg

A sort of wild plum.

Skein

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

Skeletology

That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

Skeleton

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.

Skeletonize

To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.

Skeletonizer

Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

Skelp

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.

Skelter

To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.

Skep

A coarse round farm basket.

Skeptic

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.

Skeptical Skeptic

Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.

Skepticism

An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

Skepticize

To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

Skerry

A rocky isle; an insulated rock.

Sketch

To make sketches, as of landscapes.

Sketchiness

The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

Sketchy

Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.

Skew

To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Skewbald

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.

Ski

A long, flat, narrow runner made of wood, plastic or metal, curved upwards in front, having a fitting allowing it to be attached to the foot, and used for gliding or sliding over snow. Commonly used in the plural, to designate the pair.

Skid

To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

Skidder

One that skids; one that uses a skid; One that skids logs. An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs. The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.

Skied

imp. p. p. of Ski, v. i.

Skiff

To navigate in a skiff.

Skiffling

Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.

Skilder

To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

Skill

To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.

Skilled

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

A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.

Skillful

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.

Skilligalee

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

A money of account in Sweden, Norway, 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 L/beck.

Skilts

A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.

Skim

Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Skimmer

One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.

Skimmington

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.

Skin

To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.

Skin-deep

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

Skinbound

Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.

Skinch

To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

Skinflint

A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

Skink

Drink; also, pottage.

Skinker

One who serves liquor; a tapster.

Skinless

Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.

Skinny

Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

Skip

A light leap or bound.

Skipper

The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

Skippingly

In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.

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