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.

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.

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.

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.

A skirting board.

A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.

Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.

Pertaining to the game of skittles.

The piked dogfish.

An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.

To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

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.

The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.

A vell.

To shelter; to cover.

See Scolecite.

See Sconce.

The capital city of the Republic of Macedonia, population 448,229./ Skopje is modern city, but it is at the same time an ancient city with deep roots in the past and with a rich history. During the Roman period it was known under the name of Scupi. Later the town acquired its Slav name of Skopje. Skopje experienced a swift development after World War II. This trend was interrupted in 1963 when it was hit by a disastrous eartquake. Thanks to the solidarity of the whole world, Skopje was quickly renewed and rebuilt. Today Skopje is the political, economic, cultural and academic center of Macedonia (he Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. See also Macedonia{2}.

The saury.

See Raskolnik.

See Scorodite.

A guillemot.

The silver salmon.

See Screen.

The missel thrush.

See Scrimmage.

See Scrimp.

See Scringe.

The skrike.

Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

See Skew.

A number of foxes together.

One who, or that which, skulks.

In a skulking manner.

The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix.

A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.

See Sculpin.

See Scum.

In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

The surf duck.