Vocabulary : Skewered to Skiddaw

Skewered : of Skewer
Skewering : of Skewer
Skewing : of Skew
Ski : Same as Skee.
Skiagraph : Alt. of Skiagraphy

Skiagraphy : See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.
Skiascope : Alt. of Sciascope
Skid : A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing. ;; Act of skidding; -- called also side slip. ;; To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward. ;; To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile. ;; To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway. ;; A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose. ;; A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. ;; Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. ;; One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. ;; One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a
Skid road : A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also travois, / travoy, road. ;; A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet.
Skiddaw : The black guillemot.

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