skewl (sku)

[ To look skew , or a-skew, to squint or leer. E. Phillips , World of Words (1706) skew2t, n. An obsolete variant of skyl1 . [Origin obscure.) A cup. [Old Bentley , Sermons, viii. 2. Distorted; perverted; perverse. Com. Sen. Here's a gallemaufry of speech indeed. Mem. I remember, about the year 1602, many used this skew kind of language. A. Brewer (?), Lingua, iii. 5. 3. In math., having disturbed symmetry by certain elements being reversed on opposite sides; also, more widely, distorted. - Skew anti points, four points, the vertices of an imaginary tetrahedron, all the edges of which are of zero length except two, which are perpendicular to each other and to the line joining their middle points. - Skew arch, in arch. See arch1.-Skew back. (a) In arch., that part of a straight or curved arch which recedes on the springing from the vertical line of the opening. In bridges it is a course of masonry forming the abutment for the vou oirs of a segmental arch, or, in iron bridges, for the ribs. (b) A casting on the end of a tru to which a tension rod may be attached. It may form a cap, or be shaped to fit the impost. E. H. Knight. Skew bridge, a bridge placed at any angle except a right angle with the road or stream over which it is built. Skew chisel. (a) A turning or wood-working chisel having the edge oblique and a basil on each side. (b) A carvers' chisel having the shank bent to allow the edge to reach a sunken surface. E. H. Knight. Skew circulant. See circulant . - Skew curve, a curve in three dimensions. So skew cubic , skew Cartes i an , etc.- Skew determinant. See determinant.- Skew facets, the long triangular facets bordering the girdle of a brilliant, and situated between the templets or bezels and the girdle of the stone. There are eight skew facets on the crown or upper side, and eight on the pavilion or lower side. See brilliant, 1. Also called cro -facets.Skew gearing, a gearing of which the cog-wheels have their teeth placed obliquely so as to slide into one another without clashing. It is used to transmit motion between shafts at an angle to each other, and with their axes not in the same plane. E. H. Knight.Skew helicoid, a screw-surface. Skew invariant, an invariant which changes its sign when x and y are interchanged.- Skew Gearing. Skew plane, in joinery, a plane in which the mouth and the edge of the iron are obliquely acro the face. Skew polygon, product, quadrilateral. See the nouns. - Skew-rabbet plane. See rabbet - plane. -Skew reciprocal, a locus in line-coördinates proportional to the point-coördinates of another locus, or vice vers a. Skew surface, a ruled surface in which two This is Bien Bowse, this is Bien Bowse, Too little is my Skew . I bowse no Lage, but a whole Gage Of this I'll bowse to you. Brome, Jovial Crew, ii. IMG:content-1195.png:[blocks in formation] 2t. Skew-bald; piebald. The skewed goos, the brune goose as the white Is not fecounde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. Some be flybytten, Some skewed as a kytten. Skelton , Elynour Rummyng, 1. 142. skewer (skū'er), n. [Orig. a dial. form of skiver , a skewer (cf. skiver - wood , skewer - wood , dogwood, of which skewers are made), an una ibilated form of shiver , a splinter of wood (cf. Sw. skiffer = Dan. skifer , slate): see shiver1 .] 1. A pin of wood or iron for fastening meat to a spit or for keeping it in form while roasting. Send up your meat well stuck with skewers , to make it look round and plump. Swift , Advice to Servants (Cook). 2. A bobbin-spindle fixed by its blunt end into a shelf or bar in the creel. E. H. Knight. skewer (skū'er), v. t. [ IMG:content-1196.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1197.png:[blocks in formation] and repartee, met in the measured field, to part bleeding, skid2 (skid), v. i.; pret. and pp. skidded , ppr. or perhaps not to part, but to fall mutually skewered through with iron. Carlyle, French Rev., II. iii. 3. skewer-machine (skū'er-ma-shēn"), n. wood-working machine for roughly shaping or for finishing skewers from wooden blocks. In skidd the former case the skewers are finished by a skewer-pointing machine. skiddar, n. sk skiddaw (skid a), n. Skiddaw slates. See slate2 . skidder (skid'ėr), n. [ skid1 + -er1.] One who skids, or uses a skid. skewing (skū'ing), n. [Verbal n. of skew , v.] In gilding , the proce of removing superfluous Eng.] gold-leaf from parts of a surface, and of patch skid-pan (skid'pan), n. ing pieces upon spots where the gold-leaf has skiet, n. failed to adhere. It is performed by means of a skiey, a . See skyey . brush, and precedes burnishing. E. H. Knight . skewy (skū'i), a . [ skew +-y1.] Skew. Hal- liwell. [Prov. Eng.] ski, n. Same as skee . skiagraphy (ski-ag'ra-fi), n. Same as sciagra- phy . skiascopy (ski'a-sko-pi), n. [Also sci as copy ; σκιά , shadow, + -σκοπία, σκοπεῖν , view.] Shadow-test: a method of estimating the re- fraction of an eye by throwing into it light from an ophthalmoscopic mirror, and observ- ing the movement which the retinal illumina- tion makes on slightly rotating the mirror. Also called keratoscopy , retinoscopy, koros copy , pupil los copy , ret i no skiascopy . Up at five a'Clock in the morning, and out till Dinner- time. Out agen at afternoon, and so till Supper-time. Skise out this away, and skise out that away. (He's no Snayle, I a ure you.) Brome , Jovial Crew, iv. IMG:content-1198.png:[ocr errors] skiffl (skif), n. [OF. esquif , skif , schif , G. schiff , a boat, ship, E. ship : see ship .] 1. For Formerly, a small sailing ve el resembling a sloop. Olauus fled in a little skiffe vnto his father in law the earl of Ro e. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 14. 2. Now, a small boat propelled by oars. Our captain went in his skiff aboard the Ambrose and the Neptune. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 8. Cod-seine skiff, a small boat engaged in cod-seining, or attending the cod-seiners. skiffl (skif), v . t . [ skiff'1 , n.] To sail upon or pa over in a skiff or light boat. [Rare.] They have skiff'd Torrents whose roaring tyranny and power I' the least of these was dreadful. Fletcher ( and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 3. skiff 2 (skif), a . [ skeifr = Sw. skef = Dan. skjæv = D. scheef = G. schief = North. Fries. skiaf , oblique. Cf. skew1 .] Oblique; distort- ed; awkward. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] skiff-handed (skif'hand-ed), a. Awkward in the use of the hands; unable to throw straight. [Prov. Eng.] skiffling (skif'ling), n. [Verbal n. of * skiffle , v .; origin obscure.] In stone- cutting , the operation of knocking off the rough corners of ashler in the preliminary dre ing; knobbing. Е. Н. Knight . skiftt, n. A Middle English form of shift . skid1 (skid), n. [Also skeed ; skidh = Sw. skid Dan. skid AS. scid , E. shide , a billet of wood, etc.: see shide , of which skid is an una ibilated (Scand.) form. Cf. skid or , skee .] 1. skilder (skil'der), v . i. Same as skelder . Naut .: (a) A framework of planks or timber skilful (skil'fül), a. [Also skillful ; early mod. But not to repeat the deeds they did, Backsliding in spite of all moral skid , If all were true that fell from the tongue, There was not a villager, old or young, IMG:content-1199.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1200.png:[blocks in formation] 2t. Conforming to reason or right; reasonable; proper. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 169. Al wol he kepe his lordes hir degree, As it is right and skilful that they be Enhaunced and honoured and most dere. 3. Having trained and practised faculties; pos- se ing practical ability; well qualified for ac- tion; able; dexterous; expert. Be yare in thy preparation, for thy a ailant is quick, skilful , and deadly. Shak ., T. N., iii. 4. 245. 4. Having ability in a specified direction; versed; experienced; practised: followed by a qualifying phrase or clause. Prompt . Parv., p. 457. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulne of his hands. Ps. lxxviii. 72. skilip (skil'ip), n. [ Iskilip , or Iskelib , in Asia Minor, whence the name is said to be ap- plied to various fictitious substances.] Scam- mony prepared near Angora by mixing starch with the juice to the extent of 30 or 40 per cent. of the ma . This is combined with other impure scam- mony to form different grades of the drug. In London use the word appears to denote any highly adulterated scammony. skill (skil), v. [ skilen (also a ibilated schillen, schyllen, skilja Dan. skille , separate, impers. differ, matter, = MD. schillen , schellen = MLG. schelen , separate; akin to Sw. skala = Dan. skalle , peel, = Lith. skelti , cleave; prob. ✓ skal , separate, which appears also in scalel , shalel, shell , etc.] I. trans. 11. To set apart; separate. And skiledd ut all fra the folle Thurrh haliz lif and lare. Ormulum , 1. 16860. Schyllyn owte, or cullyn owte fro sundyr, Segrego. Prompt . Parv., p. 446. There is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 1 Ki. v. 6. He cannot skill to keep a stock going upon that trade. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 39. Thei can knowe many thinges be force of clergie that we ne can no skyle on. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 27. They that skill not of so heavenly matter, All that they know not, envy, or admire. Spenser. 2t. To have personal and practical knowledge (of); be versed or practised; hence, to be ex- pert or dexterous: commonly followed by of . These v cowde skile of bateile, and moc he the i knewe of Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 656. Our Prentises and others may be appoynted and diuided euery of them to his office, and to that he can best skill of . Hakluyt's Voyages , L. 299. As for herbs and philters, I could never skill of them. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 494. 3. To make difference; signify; matter: used impersonally, and generally with a negative. [Obsolete or archaic.] I am the son of Apollo, and from his high seat I came, But whither I got it skills not , for Knowledge is my name. Peele, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes. Esop. What do we act to-day? Par . It skills not what. Mas singer , Roman Actor, i. 1. One word more I had to say, But it skills not ; go your way. skill (skil), n. [ skill , skil, skyl, skyll, skille , skylle , skile , skyle , skele (also a ibilated schile , schil , scele , scile ), skil , a dis- tinct i on, discernment, knowledge, = Sw. skäl , reason, = Dan. skjel , a separation, boundary, limit, = MLG. schele = MD. schele , scheele , sep a- Of perill nought adrad, Ne skilfull of the uncouth jeopardy. Spenser, F. Q., VI. v. 16. ration, discrimination: see the verb.] 1. The Human pride discriminating or reasoning faculty; the mind. Another es that the skyll mekely be v ede in gastely thynges, als in medytacyons, and orysouns, and lukynge in haly bukes. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 13. For I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments. Shak ., Lear, iv. 7. 66. Is skilful to invent most serious names To hide its ignorance. Shelley , Queen Mab, vii. 5. Displaying or requiring skill; indicative of skill; clever; adroit: as, a skilful contrivance. Of skilfull industry. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden. The skilful devices with which the Romans, in the first Punic War, wrought such wholesale destruction on the Cart hag in i an fleets. J. Fiske , Evolutionist, p. 207. =Syn. 3. Dexterous , Expert , etc. (see adroit ), adept, con- versant, proficient, accomplished, qualified, intelligent, masterly. skilfully (skil'fül-i), adv . [Also skillfully; skilfully , skillfully , skylfully , skelvolliche ; skilful +-ly2.] In a skilful manner. Especially (at) With reason, justice, or propriety; reasonably. In othre guode skele and clenliche and skeluolliche . Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 6. Me thynketh thus, that neither ye nor I Oghte half this wo to maken skilfully . (6) With nice art; cleverly; adroitly; dexterously. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. Ps. xxxiii. 3. When it is my sones wille That I come him to hit is skille . IMG:content-1201.png:[blocks in formation] walloper. [Slang.] -4. In metal - working, a form into which the preci precious metals are run for sale and use as bullion, flatter than an ingot. skill-facet (skil'fas"et), n. In diamond -cutting. skillful, skillfully, etc. See skilful, etc. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1392. See facet1 . Oure brother & sustir he is bi skile , For he so seide, & lerid us that lorer. s.), p. 9. 41. Reasoning; argument; proof; also, cause; reason. Everych hath swich replicacioun That non by skill is may been brought adoun. Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 536. Azens this can no clerk skile fynde. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 20. Langere here thu may noghte dwelle; The skylle I sall the telle wherefore. Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 107). I think you have As little skill to fear as I have purpose To put you to 't. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 152. 5. Practical knowledge and ability; power of action or execution; readine and excellence in applying wisdom or science to practical ends; expertne ; dexterity. The workman on his stuff his skill doth show; And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill . Sir J. Davies , Immortal. of Soul, i. He hath skill to cure those that are somewhat crazed in their wits with their burdens. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progre , p. 93. Was dying all they had the skill to do? Lowell, Comm. Ode. n. skilligalee, skilligolee (skili-ga-lē', 5', -go-lē'), [Also skillygalee, skilly go lee, skill aga lee, also skilly; origin obscure.] A poor, thin, watery kind of broth or soup, sometimes consisting of. oatmeal and water in which meat has been boiled; a weak, watery diet served out to prisoners in the the hulks, hulks, paupers in workhouses, and the like; a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, formerly served out to sailors in the British navy. skilling1t (skil'ing), (skil n. [ ARSVERIGES NOR It is in little more than skill of drawing and modelling surpa es that of Giotto. that the art of Raphael C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 308. 6t. A particular power, ability, or art; a gift or attainment; an accomplishment. O Calchas, for the state of Greece, thy spirit prophetic shows Skills that direct us. Chapman, Iliad, i. 83. Not all the skills fitt for a princely dame Your learned Muse wth. youth and stud ye bringes. Putten ham , Par then i a des, xii. Richard,.. by a you sand princely skills, gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return. Fuller . 7. That for which one is specially qualified; one's forte. [Rare.] They had arms, leaders, and succe es to their wish; but to make use of so great an advantage was not thir skill . Milton , Hist. Eng., iii. 8t. The number of persons connected with any art, trade, or profe ion; the craft. Mart i all was the cheife of this skil among the Latines. Putten ham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 44. =Syn. 5. Facility, knack. See adroit. skill aga lee, n. See skilligalee. skilled (skild), a. [ O thou well skill'd in curses, stay awhile, And teach me how to curse mine enemies! Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 116. IMG:content-1202.png:[blocks in formation] GOTH ON WEND.KONUNG. [ skilling = Skilling, in the British Museum. (Size of the original.) as a coin and in others as a money of account. It varied in value from d. in Denmark to nearly 1d. (about 2 cents) in Hamburg. In Norway the small currency now consists partly of half- skilling and one- skilling pieces in copper, the skilling being nearly equal in value to an English halfpenny, but principally of two-, three-, and four - skilling pieces, composed of billon. Jevons, Money and Mech. of Exchange, p. 126. skill-thirstt, n. Craving for knowledge; curiosity. [Rare.] Ingratitude, pride, treason, gluttony, Too-curious skill - thirst , enuy, felony. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Imposture. See skilligalee . skimmer 3. To clear; rid; free from obstacles or enemies. Sir Edmonde of Holande, erle of Kent, was by the kynge made admyrall of the see; the whiche storyd and skymmid ye see ryght well & manfully. Fabyan , Chron., an. 1409. 4. To mow. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] -5. Το cover with a film or scum; coat over. [Rare.] At night the frost skimmed with thin ice the edges of the ponds. T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXVI. 210. 6. To pa lightly along or near the surface of; move smoothly and lightly over; glide, float, fly, or run over the surface of. They gild their scaly Backs in Phœbus' Beams, And scorn to skim the Level of the Streams. Congreve, Birth of the Muse. By the fleet Racers, ere the sun be set, The turf of yon large pasture will be skimmed . Words worth, Excursion, ii. 7. To pa over lightly in perusal or inspection; glance over hastily or superficially. Like others I had skimmed , and sometimes read With care, the master-pamphlets of the day. Words worth, Prelude, ix. Mr. Lyon. was skimming rapidly, in his shortsighted way, by the light of one candle, the pages of a mi ionary report. George Eliot , Felix Holt, v. 8. To cause to dart, skip, or ricochet along a surface; hurl along a surface in a smooth, straight course. There was endle glee in skimming stones along the surface of the water, and counting the number of bounds and curvets that they made. E. Dowden, Shelley, I. 68. II. in trans. 1. To pa lightly and smoothly over a surface; hence, to glide or dart along in a smooth, even course. A winged Eastern Blast, just skimming o'er The Ocean's Brow, and sinking on the Shore. IMG:content-1203.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1204.png:[blocks in formation] Her father and elder brother wore. a sort of brown tow trousers, known at the time-these things happened some years ago - as skilts ; they were short, reaching just below the knee, and very large, being a full half yard broad at the bottom. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 2.