See Sizar.

The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

The act of sorting with respect to size.

Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.

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

a. n. from Sizzle.

Hurtful.

The larva of a bee.

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

See Skean.

A messmate; a companion.

See Scatch.

See 5th Scald.

See Scaldic.

To scale; to mount.

Wild; timid; shy.

The shag.

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.

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.

One who skates.

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.

[/159.] Skittles.

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

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

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

See Skid.

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

The common European sheldrake.

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

A sort of wild plum.

The parr.

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

See Skean.

A vagrant; a cheat.

A skeleton. See Scelet.

Pertaining to the skeleton.

Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

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

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

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

A scoundrel.

A squint.

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.

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

To squint.

See Skean.

A coarse round farm basket.

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.

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

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

To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

A rocky isle; an insulated rock.

To make sketches, as of landscapes.

A book of sketches or for sketches.

One who sketches.

In a sketchy or incomplete manner.

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

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

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

To fasten with skewers.

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.

See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.

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

The black guillemot.

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.

See Skid, n., 1.

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

The common European sheldrake. The oyster catcher.

See Skyey.

To navigate in a skiff.

Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.

To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

See Skilful.

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

Lacking skill.

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.

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

Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.

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.

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.

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

The water rail.

Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

The quillback.

Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

See Skimmington.

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

See Skimmington.

The act of one who skims.

In a skimming manner.

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.

Scanty.

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

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

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

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

A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

As much as a skin can hold.

Drink; also, pottage.

One who serves liquor; a tapster.

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

One who skins.

Quality of being skinny.

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

A light leap or bound.

An upstart.

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

A small boat; a skiff.

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

A shrill cry or sound.

The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.

The turnstone.

A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.

A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.

One who skirmishes. Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

A tern.

An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. 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.

See Scirrhus.

To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.