skinflint (skinflint)

[ IMG:content-1213.png:[blocks in formation] The two principal causes of the resistance to the motion of a ship are the skin friction and the production Encyc. Brit ., XII. 518. of waves. contents of a full leather skin or bag. See skin, n., 4. Well do I remember how at each well the first skinful was tasted all around. The Century , XXIX. 652. 2. As much as one can contain, especially of strong drink of any kind: as, a skinful of beer. He wept to think each thoughtle youth Contained of wickedne a skinful . W. S. Gilbert, Sir Macklin.