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A skirting board. [R.]

is given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. Leslie Stephen.

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

Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." L'Estrange.

Pertaining to the game of skittles. Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. -- Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.

The piked dogfish.

An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]

The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.

The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

The skin of a bear.

A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett.

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

The skin of a buck.

foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.

The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.