Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
skean |
noun |
A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] |
skeed |
noun |
See Skid. |
skeel |
noun |
A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. |
skeet |
noun |
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck. |
skein |
noun |
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, — usually tied in a sort of knot., A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle., A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). |
skelp |
noun |
A blow; a smart stroke., A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain., To strike; to slap., A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed. |
skene |
noun |
See Skean. |