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skit
(encz) | skit,parodie n: Zdeněk Brož |
skit
(encz) | skit,satira n: Zdeněk Brož |
skit
(encz) | skit,scénka n: Pino |
Skit
(gcide) | Skit \Skit\, v. t. [Prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty,
precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E. shoot, v.t.;
cf. Icel. skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter,
skj[=o]ta to shoot, sk[=u]ta a taunt. [root]159. See
Shoot.]
To cast reflections on; to asperse. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Crose.
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Skit
(gcide) | Skit \Skit\, n.
1. A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a
squib. --Tooke.
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A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers
is given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties
of the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared
with this strange performance. --Leslie
Stephen.
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2. A wanton girl; a light wench. [Obs.]
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3. A short theatrical presentation, often comical or
satirical. Comical skits are sometimes presented by
amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other
social gatherings.
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skit
(wn) | skit
n 1: a short theatrical episode |
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baskitský
(msas) | baskitský
- Basque |
baskitsky
(msasasci) | baskitsky
- Basque |
samarskite
(encz) | samarskite, n: |
skit
(encz) | skit,parodie n: Zdeněk Brožskit,satira n: Zdeněk Brožskit,scénka n: Pino |
skite
(encz) | skite,vytahovat se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
skitter
(encz) | skitter,třepotat v: Zdeněk Brož |
skittish
(encz) | skittish,koketní Pavel Machekskittish,nervózní adj: Zdeněk Brožskittish,plachý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
skittishly
(encz) | skittishly,hravě adv: Zdeněk Brožskittishly,rozpustile adv: Zdeněk Brož |
skittishness
(encz) | skittishness,nedočkavost n: Zdeněk Brožskittishness,netrpělivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
skittle
(encz) | skittle,kuželka n: Zdeněk Brož |
skittle alley
(encz) | skittle alley, n: |
skittle ball
(encz) | skittle ball, n: |
skittle pin
(encz) | skittle pin, n: |
skittles
(encz) | skittles, n: |
Blatherskite
(gcide) | Blatherskite \Blath"er*skite\, n.
A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.]
--Barllett.
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muskit grass
(gcide) | Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\ (m[e^]s*k[=e]"t[asl]), Mesquit \Mes*quit"\
(m[e^]s*k[=e]t"), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican
Indian word.] (Bot.)
Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the
southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus
Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical
spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the
honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
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Honey mesquite. See Algaroba
(b) .
Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens),
having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
the Indians.
Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in Western Texas
(Bouteloua oligostachya, and other species); -- so
called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
-- called also muskit grass, grama grass.
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Perofskite
(gcide) | Perovskite \Per*ov"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of St.
Petersburg.] (Min.)
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
[Written also Perofskite.]
[1913 Webster]Perofskite \Per*of"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of
St.Petersburg.] (Min.)
Same as Perovskite.
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Perovskite
(gcide) | Perovskite \Per*ov"skite\, n. [From von Perovski, of St.
Petersburg.] (Min.)
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
[Written also Perofskite.]
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Samarskite
(gcide) | Samarskite \Sa*mar"skite\, a. [After Samarski, a Russian.]
(Min.)
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic
luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and
cerium metals.
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Skitter
(gcide) | Skitter \Skit"ter\, v. t. [Cf. Skit, v. t.]
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it
touches only at intervals; to skip.
The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips
the spoon over the surface. --James A.
Henshall.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Skitter \Skit"ter\, v. i.
To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals;
to skip; to skim.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with
their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a
feet before settling down. --T.
Roosevelt.
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Skittish
(gcide) | Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See Skit, v. t.]
1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a
skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." --L'Estrange.
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2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
"Skittish Fortune's hall." --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. --
Skit"tish*ness, n.
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Skittishly
(gcide) | Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See Skit, v. t.]
1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a
skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." --L'Estrange.
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2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
"Skittish Fortune's hall." --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. --
Skit"tish*ness, n.
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Skittishness
(gcide) | Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See Skit, v. t.]
1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a
skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." --L'Estrange.
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2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
"Skittish Fortune's hall." --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. --
Skit"tish*ness, n.
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Skittle
(gcide) | Skittle \Skit"tle\, a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles.
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Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of
skittles is played.
Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing
at the pins in the game of skittles.
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Skittle alley
(gcide) | Skittle \Skit"tle\, a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles.
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Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of
skittles is played.
Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing
at the pins in the game of skittles.
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Skittle ball
(gcide) | Skittle \Skit"tle\, a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles.
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Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of
skittles is played.
Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing
at the pins in the game of skittles.
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Skittle-dog
(gcide) | Skittle-dog \Skit"tle-dog`\, n. (Zool.)
The piked dogfish.
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Skittles
(gcide) | Skittles \Skit"tles\, n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. [root]159. See
Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing
wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
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Skitty
(gcide) | Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
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skitty cock
(gcide) | Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
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skitty coot
(gcide) | Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in
the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See
Rattle, v.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of
closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
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Note: The common European water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is
called also bilcock, skitty coot, and {brook
runner}. The best known American species are the
clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen (Rallus longirostris,
var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail
(Rallus elegans) (called also {fresh-water
marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail
(Rallus Virginianus); and the Carolina, or sora, rail
(Porzana Carolina). See Sora.
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Land rail (Zool.), the corncrake.
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blatherskite
(wn) | blatherskite
n 1: foolish gibberish [syn: blather, blatherskite] |
samarskite
(wn) | samarskite
n 1: a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
skit
(wn) | skit
n 1: a short theatrical episode |
skitter
(wn) | skitter
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
2: glide easily along a surface
3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: skim, skip, skitter]
4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
surface of water |
skittish
(wn) | skittish
adj 1: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn:
skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous] |
skittishly
(wn) | skittishly
adv 1: in a skittish manner; "the horse pranced around
skittishly" |
skittishness
(wn) | skittishness
n 1: characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
[syn: skittishness, restiveness] |
skittle
(wn) | skittle
n 1: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in
England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, {skittle
pin}]
v 1: play skittles |
skittle alley
(wn) | skittle alley
n 1: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
[syn: bowling alley, alley, skittle alley] |
skittle ball
(wn) | skittle ball
n 1: ball used to knock down ninepins [syn: ninepin ball,
skittle ball] |
skittle pin
(wn) | skittle pin
n 1: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in
England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, {skittle
pin}] |
skittles
(wn) | skittles
n 1: a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball
down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
ninepins, skittles] |
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