Defn: An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
SKITTY
Skit"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Skittish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
SKIVE
Skive, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. skifa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.]
Defn: The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
SKIVE
Skive, v. t.
Defn: To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
SKIVER
Skiv"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment.]
1. 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.
2. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.