Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 90
Skin (n.) (Naut.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
Skin friction, Skin resistance (Naut.), The friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel.
Skin graft (Surg.), A small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See Graft, v. t., 2.
Skin moth (Zool.), Any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus.
Skin of the teeth, Nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. -- Job xix. 20.
Skin wool, Wool taken from dead sheep.
Skinned (imp. & p. p.) of Skin.
Skinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skin.
Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. -- Shak.
Skin (v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
Skin (v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
Skin (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]
Skin (n.) A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: skin, tegument, cutis].
Skin (n.) An outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane."
Skin (n.) Body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin].
Skin (n.) A person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin."
Skin (n.) The rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin].
Skin (n.) A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal.
Skin (v.) Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter].
Skin (v.) Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape].
Skin (v.) Remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin].
Skin (v.) Strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare].
Skinbound (a.) Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
Skinbound disease. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under Sclerema.
Skinched (imp. & p. p.) of Skinch.
Skinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skinch.
Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. -- Lowell.
Skin-deep (a.) Penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep."
Skincare (n.) [U] 護膚；護膚品 Things that you do and use to keep your skin healthy and attractive.
// Spending on hair care and skincare grew 42 percent.
// A skincare product/ regime.
Skinflint (n.) 吝嗇鬼；一毛不拔的人 A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. -- Sir W. Scott.
Skinflint (n.) A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl].
Skinflint (n.) [ C ] (informal disapproving) 吝嗇鬼，一毛不拔的人，鐵公雞 A person who is unwilling to spend money.
// He's a real skinflint.
Skinfuls (n. pl. ) of Skinful.
Skinful (n.) 滿滿一皮囊（酒等）；【口】足以吃飽喝足的量 As much as a skin can hold.
Skinful (n.) A quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful."
Skink (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
Note: The officinal skink ({Scincus officinalis) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species ({Seps tridactylus) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the blue-tailed skink ({Eumeces fasciatus) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard ({Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United States.
Compare: Lizard
Lizard (n.) [ C ] 蜥蜴 A small reptile that has a long body, four short legs, a long tail, and thick skin.
Compare: Reptile
Reptile(n.) [ C ] (C1) 爬行動物 An animal that produces eggs and uses the heat of the sun to keep its blood warm.
Skinked (imp. & p. p.) of Skink.
Skinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skink.
Skink (v. t.) To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.]
Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. -- Chaucer.
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. -- Shirley.
Skink (v. i.) To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink (n.) Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Skink (n.) Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide [syn: skink, scincid, scincid lizard].
Skink (n.) [ C ] 石龍子（一種小蜥蜴） A small lizard found in various hot parts of the world.
Skinker (n.) One who serves liquor; a tapster.
Compare: Tapster
Tapster (n.) （酒吧的）酒保 One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Tapster (n.) A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster, tapper].
Skinless (a.) 無皮的；易感動的 Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
Skinless (a.) Having no skin [ant: skinned].
Compare: Skinned
Skinned (a.) (comb.)（構成形容詞）表示有……皮（膚）的（如：dark-skinned 深膚色的） Having skin of a specified kind [ant: skinless].
Skinner (n.) [C] 剝皮工人；獸皮加工者；皮革商；皮貨商；【美】【口】驅趕役畜者 One who skins.
Skinner (n.) One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
Skinner (n.) United States actor (1858-1942) [syn: Skinner, Otis Skinner].
Skinner (n.) United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979) [syn: Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner].
Skinner (n.) United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) [syn: Skinner, Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner].
Skinner (n.) A person who prepares or deals in animal skins.
Skinner (n.) A worker who drives mules [syn: muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner].
Skinniness (n.) 皮質；消瘦 Quality of being skinny.
Skinniness (n.) The bodily property of lacking flesh [syn: skinniness, scrawniness].
Skinny (a.) 皮的；似皮的；薄膜狀的；皮包骨的，極瘦的；（數量等）不足的；低劣的；吝嗇的 Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her skinny lips." -- Shak.
He holds him with a skinny hand. -- Coleridge.
Skinny (a.) Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy].
Skinny (a.) Of or relating to or resembling skin.
Skinny (a.) Fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes" [syn: tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny].
Skinny (a.) Giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny].
Skinny (n.) 【俚】內部消息，機密情報；小道消息 Confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner."
Skip (n.) A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Skip (n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
Skip (n.) (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
Skip (n.) (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
Skip (n.) A beehive; a skep.
Skipped (imp. & p. p.) of Skip.
Skipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skip.
Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? -- Pope.
So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. -- Hawthorne.
Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
Skip (v. t.) To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. -- Bp. Burnet.
Skip (v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
Skip (n.) A light leap or bound.
Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Skip (n.) (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Skip kennel, A lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] -- Swift.
Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1.
Skip (n.) A gait in which steps and hops alternate.
Skip (n.) A mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip].
Skip (v.) Bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip, skip over].
Skip (v.) Intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip].
Skip (v.) Jump lightly [syn: hop, skip, hop-skip].
Skip (v.) Leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: decamp, skip, vamoose].
Skip (v.) Bound off one point after another [syn: skip, bound off].
Skip (v.) Cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: skim, skip, skitter].
SKIP, () Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (Internet, cryptography, Sun).
Skipjack (n.) An upstart. [Obs.] -- Ford.
Skipjack
(n.)
(Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
Skipjack (n.) (Zool.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as
the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish,
the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the
threadfish, etc.
Skipjack (n.) (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Skipjack (n.) Oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito [syn: skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis].
Skipjack (n.) Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna [syn: skipjack, Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda].
Skipjack (n.) Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle].
SkipJack, () An encryption algorithm created by the NSA (National Security Agency) which encrypts 64-bit blocks of data with an 80-bit key. It is used in the Clipper chip, a VLSI device with an ARM processor core, which is intended to perform cryptographic operations while allowing the security agencies listen in.
There are (apparently) two agencies, both of whom have to agree that there is a valid reason to decode a message. Don't laugh, they are serious.
[Algorithm?]
(1995-12-07)
Skipper (n.) One who, or that which, skips.
Skipper (n.) A young, thoughtless person. -- Shak.
Skipper (n.) (Zool.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus).
Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Skipper (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skipper (n.) (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Skipper (n.) A ship boy. [Obs.] -- Congreve.
Skipper (n.) A student who fails to attend classes.
Skipper (n.) An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper].
Skipper (n.) The naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain, skipper].
Skipper (v.) Work as the skipper on a vessel.
Skippet (n.) A small boat; a skiff. [Obs.]
A little skippet floating did appear. -- Spenser.
Skippet (n.) A small round box for keeping records. [Obs.]
Skippingly (adv.) In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
Skirl (v. t. & i.) To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Skirl (n.) The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe.
Skirl (v.) Make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes."
Skirl (v.) Play the bagpipes.
Skirlcock (n.) (Zool.) The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note. [Prev. Eng.]
Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone. [Prev. Eng.]
Compare: Turnstone
Turnstone (n.) (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
Black turnstone, The California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.
Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened. -- Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
Skirling (n.) (Zool.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely. [Prov. Eng.]
Skirmished (imp. & p. p.) of Skirmish.
Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirmish.
Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
Skirmish (n.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
Skirmish (n.) A slight contest.
They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit. -- Shak.
Skirmish (n.) A minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish].
Skirmish (v.) Engage in a skirmish
Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes. Specifically:
Skirmisher (n.) (pl. mil.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
Skirmisher (n.) Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party).
Skirr (v. t.) To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] -- Shak.
Skirr (v. i.) To scour; to scud; to run. [Archaic]
Skirr (n.) (Zool.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Skirret (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Skirret (n.) An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root [syn: skirret, Sium sisarum].
Compare: Scirrhus
Scirrhus (n.; pl. L. Scirrhi, E. Scirrhuses.) (Med.) (a) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland. [Obs.]
Scirrhus (n.; pl. L. Scirrhi, E. Scirrhuses.) (Med.) (b) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. [Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also skirrhus.]
Skirrhus (n.) (Med.) See Scirrhus.
Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. -- S. S. Smith.
Skirt (n.) 裙子，下擺，邊緣，郊區 The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. -- Addison.
Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything. "Here in the skirts of the forest." -- Shak.
Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. -- Dunglison.
Skirted (imp. & p. p.) of Skirt.
Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirt.
Skirt (v. t.) 位於…邊緣，裝邊於，回避 (v. i.) 位於邊緣 To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. -- Milton.
Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." -- Tennyson.
Skirt (n.) Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist.
Skirt (n.) A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women.
Skirt (n.) (Fungi) A remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: {annulus}, {skirt}].
Skirt (n.) Informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll}, {wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}].
Skirt (v.) Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}].
Skirt (v.) Pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast."
Skirt (v.) Form the edge of.
Skirt (v.) Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: {surround}, {environ}, {ring}, {skirt}, {border}].
Skirting (n.) (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
Skirting (n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
Skirting board, The board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.
Skirt (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.] To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. -- Milton.
Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." -- Tennyson.
Skirting (a.) Being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)].
Skit (v. t.) To cast reflections on; to asperse. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Crose.
Skit (n.) 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.
Skit (n.) A wanton girl; a light wench. [Obs.]
Skit (n.) A short theatrical presentation, often comical or satirical. Comical skits are sometimes presented by amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other social gatherings.
Skit (n.) A short theatrical episode.
Skittish (a.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." -- L'Estrange.
Skittish (a.) Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "Skittish Fortune's hall." -- Shak. -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. -- Skit"tish*ness, n.
Skittish (a.) Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous].
Skittish (a.) (Of people and animals) （人或動物）不安的，易受驚的 Nervous or easily frightened.
// My horse is very skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.
// Investors are skittish about the impact of an economic downturn.
Skittish (a.) (Of a person) （人）易變的；反復無常的 Not serious and likely to change their beliefs or opinions often.
// Marilyn was like a child, playful and skittish one moment, sulky and withdrawn the next.
Skittle (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 (n.) A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, skittle pin].
Skittle (v.) Play skittles.
Skittle-dog (n.) (Zool.) The piked dogfish.
Skittles (n. pl.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
Skittles (n.) A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn: ninepins, skittles].
Skittle (n.) （尤指英國的） 撞柱遊戲 A game played especially in Britain in which players roll a ball at objects shaped like bottles to try to knock them down and score points.
Skitty (n.) (Zool.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta"> skitty coot); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
Skive (v. t.) To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Skive (v.) Remove the surface of; "skive leather."
Skiver (n.) 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.
Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.