Skenter. s. An animal which will not fatten.
To Skew, \ To Ski'ver. / v. a. To skewer.
Skiff-handed. adj. Left-handed, awkward.
Skills, \ Skittles. / s. pl. The play called nine-pins.
Skim'merton. s. To ride Skimmerton, is an exhibition of riding by two persons on a horse, back to back; or of several persons in a cart, having skimmers and ladles, with which they carry on a sort of warfare or gambols, designed to ridicule some one who, unfortunately, possesses an unfaithful wife. This may-game is played upon some other occasion besides the one here mentioned: it occurs, however, very rarely, and will soon, I apprehend, be quite obsolete. See SKIMMINGTON, in Johnson.
Skiv'er. s. A skewer.
To Skram. v. a. To benumb with cold.
Skram. adj. Awkward: stiff, as if benumbed.
"With hondis al forskramyd."
CHAUCER, Second Merchant's Tale.