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skid


  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skid  \Skid\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  slide  without  rotating;  --  said  of  a  wheel  held  from 
  turning  while  the  vehicle  moves  onward. 
 
  2.  To  fail  to  grip  the  roadway;  specif.,  to  slip  sideways  on 
  the  road;  to  side-slip;  --  said  esp.  of  a  cycle  or 
  automobile. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skid  \Skid\,  n. 
  1.  (A["e]ronautics)  A  runner  (one  or  two)  under  some  flying 
  machines,  used  for  landing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skid  \Skid\,  v.  t.  (Forestry) 
  To  haul  (logs)  to  a  skid  and  load  on  a  skidway 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skid  \Skid\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Skidded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Skidding}.] 
  1.  To  protect  or  support  with  a  skid  or  skids;  also  to  cause 
  to  move  on  skids. 
 
  2.  To  check  with  a  skid,  as  wagon  wheels.  --Dickens. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skid  \Skid\  (sk[i^]d),  n.  [Icel.  sk[=i][eth]  a  billet  of  wood. 
  See  {Shide}.]  [Written  also  {skeed}.] 
  1.  A  shoe  or  clog,  as  of  iron,  attached  to  a  chain,  and 
  placed  under  the  wheel  of  a  wagon  to  prevent  its  turning 
  when  descending  a  steep  hill;  a  drag;  a  skidpan;  also  by 
  extension,  a  hook  attached  to  a  chain,  and  used  for  the 
  same  purpose. 
 
  2.  A  piece  of  timber  used  as  a  support,  or  to  receive 
  pressure.  Specifically: 
  a  pl  (Naut.)  Large  fenders  hung  over  a  vessel's  side  to 
  protect  it  in  handling  a  cargo.  --Totten. 
  b  One  of  a  pair  of  timbers  or  bars,  usually  arranged  so 
  as  to  form  an  inclined  plane,  as  form  a  wagon  to  a 
  door,  along  which  anything  is  moved  by  sliding  or 
  rolling. 
  c  One  of  a  pair  of  horizontal  rails  or  timbers  for 
  supporting  anything  as  a  boat,  a  barrel,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skid 
  n  :  an  unexpected  slide  [syn:  {slip},  {sideslip}] 
  v  1:  slide  without  control,  as  of  a  car  that  does  not  grip  the 
  road 
  2:  elevate  onto  skids 
  3:  apply  a  brake  or  skid  to 
  4:  slide  sideways  [syn:  {slip},  {slue},  {slew},  {slide}] 




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