Defn: Wild; timid; shy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
SKART
Skart, n. Etym: [Cf. Scarf a cormorant.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The shag. [Prov. Eng.]
SKAT
Skat (skät), n. [G., fr. It. scartare to discard.]
1. A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.
2. (Skat) A widow of two cards.
SKATE
Skate, n. Etym: [D. schaats. Cf. Scatches.]
Defn: A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, — made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice. Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep, On sounding skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is maddended all to joy. Thomson. Roller skate. See under Roller.
SKATE
Skate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skated; p. pr. & vb. n. Skating.]
Defn: To move on skates.