SPage 443
- English Word Skill Definition Any particular art.
- English Word Skill Definition To know; to understand.
- English Word Skill Definition To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
- English Word Skill Definition To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
- English Word Skill-less Definition Wanting skill.
- English Word Skilled Definition Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
- English Word Skillet Definition A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.
- English Word Skillful Definition Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
- English Word Skillful Definition Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.
- English Word Skilligalee Definition A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
- English Word Skilling Definition A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
- English Word Skilling Definition A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck.
- English Word Skilts Definition A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.
- English Word Skilty Definition The water rail.
- English Word Skim Definition To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
- English Word Skim Definition To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
- English Word Skim Definition To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- English Word Skim Definition Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
- English Word Skim Definition To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- English Word Skim Definition To hasten along with superficial attention.