_s._ The black martin, or Swift.
Skeer'ings. _s._ pl. Hay made from pasture land.
Skent'in. _adj_. When cattle, although well-fed, do not
become fat, they are called skentin.
Skenter. _s._ An animal which will not fatten.
To Skew, \ To Ski'ver. / _v. a._ To skewer.
Skiff-handed. _adj._ Left-handed, awkward.
Skills, \ Skittles. / _s. pl._ The play called nine-pins.
Skim'merton. _s._ To ride Skimmerton, is an exhibition of
riding by two persons on a horse, back to back; or of several
persons in a cart, having _skimmers_ and _ladles_, with
which they carry on a sort of warfare or gambols, designed to
ridicule some one who, unfortunately, possesses an unfaithful
wife. This _may-game_ is played upon some other occasion
besides the one here mentioned: it occurs, however, very rarely,
and will soon, I apprehend, be quite obsolete. _See_
SKIMMINGTON, in _Johnson_.
Skiv'er. _s._ A skewer.
To Skram. _v. a._ To benumb with cold.
Skram. _adj._ Awkward: stiff, as if benumbed.
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