1. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
2. A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
Sklayre
(Sklayre) n. [Cf. G. schleier.] A vell. [Obs.]
Sklere
(Sklere) v. t. To shelter; to cover. [Obs.]
Skolecite
(Skol"e*cite Skol"e*zite) , n. (Min.) See Scolecite.
Skonce
(Skonce) n. See Sconce.
Skopster
(Skop"ster) n. The saury. [Prov. Eng.]
Skorodite
(Skor"o*dite) n. (Min.) See Scorodite.
Skout
(Skout) n. (Zoöl.) A guillemot.
Skowitz
(Sko"witz) n. [Nisqually (American Indian) name.] (Zoöl.) The silver salmon.
Skreen
(Skreen) n. & v. See Screen. [Obs.]
Skrike
(Skrike) v. i. & t. To shriek. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Skrike
(Skrike), n. (Zoöl.) The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Skrimmage
(Skrim"mage) n. See Scrimmage.
Skrimp
(Skrimp) v. t. See Scrimp.
Skringe
(Skringe) v. i. See Scringe.
Skrite
(Skrite) n. (Zoöl.) The skrike. [Prov. Eng.]
Skua
(Sku"a) n. [Icel. skfr, skmr.] (Zoöl.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; — called
also boatswain.
Skue
(Skue) a. & n. See Skew.
Skulk
(Skulk) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skulked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skulking.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke
to spare or save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf.
Scowl.] To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to
lurk. "Want skulks in holes and crevices." W. C. Bryant.
Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
Dryden. Skulk
(Skulk), n. [Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E. skulk, v.i.] A number of foxes together. Wright.
Skulk
(Skulk Skulk"er) n. One who, or that which, skulks.
Skulkingly
(Skulk"ing*ly), adv. In a skulking manner.
Skull
(Skull) n. [See School a multitude.] A school, company, or shoal. [Obs.]
A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
Warner.
These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls.
Holland.
