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See Seraskier.

See Seraskierate.

The common European sheldrake.

imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t.

See Skyey. Shelley.

An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

e her Shak. Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies. Parnell.

real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke.

ing iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores. -- Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching. -- Bucking stool, a washing block.

misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.

erious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]

To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden.

Obs.] Where your g;oomy bounds Confine with heaven. Milton. Beywixt hezven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confuining on all three. Dryden.

Same as Correi. [Scot.] Geikie.

alled a crib. Ld. Lytton. Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.

d her gold. Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.