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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.

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

The act of transporting or riding on a sled.

turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.

So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

ng a soft or fragile shell. Soft-shell clam (Zoöl.), the long clam. See Mya. -- Soft-shelled crab. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Crab, 1. -- Soft-shelled turtle. (Zoöl.) Same as Soft tortoise, under Soft.

ed with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector. "Grecian chiefs . . . largely souled." Dryden.

riegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos. -- Speckled trout. (Zoöl.) (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout. (b) The rainbow trout.

The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]

The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

The quality of being speckled.

Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles. As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. Keats.

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).

Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.

1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.

Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. "A stalled ox." Prov. xv. 17.

Spangled or studded with stars. Star-spangled banner, the popular name for the national ensign of the United States. F. S. Key.

Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples. Fairfax.

Firmly placed or fixed. [Obs.] "The stelled fires" [the stars]. Shak.

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.