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anged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.

To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne.

To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.

To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. "Want skulks in holes and crevices." W. C. Bryant. Discovered and defeated of your prey, You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. Dryden.

A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge. Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.…

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.] To slug in sloth and sensual delight. Spenser.

Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.

A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

ch is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. B. Jonson.

A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins.

To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers. Nor sneered nor bribed from virtue into shame. Savage.

To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.

Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.

To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly. Thackeray.