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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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