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Skirting
(Skirt"ing), n.
1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.
Skit
(Skit) v. t. [Prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty, precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E. shoot,
v.t.; cf. Icel. skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter, skjota to shoot, skuta a taunt. &radic159.
See Shoot.] To cast reflections on; to asperse. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Crose.
Skit
(Skit), n.
1. A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib. Tooke.
A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of
the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. Leslie Stephen. 2. A wanton girl; a light wench. [Obs.]
Skittish
(Skit"tish) a. [See Skit, v. t.]
1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." L'Estrange.
2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "Skittish Fortune's hall." Shak.
— Skit"tish*ly, adv. — Skit"tish*ness, n.
Skittle
(Skit"tle) a. Pertaining to the game of skittles.
Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. — Skittle ball, a disk or flattish
ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.
Skittle-dog
(Skit"tle-dog`) n. (Zoöl.) The piked dogfish.
Skittles
(Skit"tles) n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. &radic159. See Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at
the pins.
Skitty
(Skit"ty) n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zoöl.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the
spotted crake and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
Skive
(Skive) n. [Cf. Icel. skifa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.] The iron lap used by diamond
polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Skive
(Skive) v. t. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of
Skiver
(Skiv"er) n. [Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment.]
1. 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.
2. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
Skiving
(Ski"ving) n.
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