skiltyboots (skiltibots)

pl. Half-boots. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] skilvings (skil'vingz), n. pl. [Avar. of * skelving, 2. Lacking knowledge; ignorant; uninformed; una ibilated form of shelving1 .] The rails of unaware. Nor have I seen More that I may call men than you, good friend, And my dear father; how features are abroad I am skille of. Shak . , Tempest, iii. 1. 52. 3. Lacking practical acquaintance or experience; unfamiliar (with); untrained or unversed; rude; inexpert. Skille as unpractised infancy. Shak ., T. and C., i. 1. 12. A little patience, youth! 'twill not be long, Or I am skille quite. Keats , Endymion, iii. skillet (skil'et), n. [Formerly or dial. also skel let; a cart: a wooden frame fixed on the top of a cart to widen and extend its size. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] skim (skim), v.; pret. and pp. skimmed, ppr. skimming. [A var. of scum, v.] I. trans. 1. To lift the scum from; clear the surface of by removing any floating matter, by means of a spoon, a flat ladle, or the like: as, to skim soup by removing the oil or fat; to skim milk by taking off the cream. IMG:content-1205.png:[blocks in formation] Let housewives make a skillet of my helm. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 273. Yet milk in proper skillet she will place, And gently spice it with a blade of mace. the water with little nets. W. King , Art of Making Puddings, i. 2. A rattle or bell used by common criers. J. Grahame, Birds of Scotland (ed. 1806), Glo ., quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 322. -3. Á ship's cook; a "pot-wrestler" or pot- The natives in these months watch the rivers, and take up thence multitudes [of locusts], skimming them from off Dampier , Voyages, an. 1688. Whilom I've seen her skim the clouted cream. Gay , Shepherd's Week, Friday, 1. 61. To purge and skim away the filth of vice, That so ref in'd it might the more entice. Cowper, Progre of Error, 1. 343. IMG:content-1206.png:[blocks in formation] skim-colter (skim'kōlter), n. paring off the surface of land. ski me (skim), n. [An una ibilated form of shim1.] Brightne ; gleam. The sky me o' her e'en was like dewy sheen. Lady Mary of Craig net han. Same as skim- skimingtont (skim'ing-ton), n . mington.