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Show SK ;,"{fmm affife. To fettle There was a ftatut to fix for difperfin the ftandar of the exchequer throughout England ; thereby t fi%t weights and meafures Bacon's Henry V1I 2, 'To cover with glutinous matter; to be ~ (mear with fize §1'zED. adj. [from fize. Having a parti cular magnitude What my love is, proof hath made you know Shakefp And as my love is fiz'dy my fear is fo That will be 2 great horfe to a Welfhman, whic 3s but a fmall one to a Fleming; having, from th different breed of their countries, taken fevera fzed ideas, to which they compare their great an Locke their little Si'zEABLE. adj. [from fize.] Reafonabl bulky ; of juit proportion to others He fhould he purged, fweated, vomited, an ftarved, till he come to a_fizeable bulk. Arbuthnat S1'zER or Serwitor n. / A certain ran of ftudents in the univerfities They make a {cramble for degree Mafters of all forts and of all ages Keepers, fub-fifers, lackeys, pages. Bp. Corbett §1'zERS. 7. / See ScissaRs A buttrice and pincers, a hammer and naile An apron and fizers for head and for taile. Zuffer i, Si'zinEss. #. /. [from fizy. nefs; vifcofity Glutinouf In rheumatifms, the ffzinefs pafies off thick contents in the urine, or glutinous fweats Floyer on the Humours Cold is capable of producing a _fizines and vifcoArbuthnot fity in the blood S1'zy. adj. [from fize. Vifcous; glutin ous The blood is fiziy, the alkalefcent falts in th ferum producing coriaceous concretions Arbuthnot on Diet $kA'DDLE. n. /. [rceadnirye, Sax. feat is harm3 thence fcathle, jcaddle. Hurt damage Di& Ska'ppons. #. /. 'The embryos of bees Bailey SKEIN, n. f. [efcaigne, Fr. A knot o thread or filk wound and doubled idle im Why art thou then exafperate, tho material fkein of fley'd filk, thou taffel of a prodigal's purfe Shake[peare Our ftile fhould be like a fkein of filk, to b found by the right thread, not ravelled or per clean.sh data import.tsv out README plexed. /Then all is a knot, a heap Ben Fonfon Befides, fo lazy a brain as mine is, grows foo weary when it has fo entangled a_fein as this to unwind Dighy Skar'ssmaTE, n. f. [1{uppofe from ffain or fkean, a knife, and mare. mefl mate, It isremarkable that es, Dutch 1s a knife Scuryy knave, I am none of his flirt gills T am none of his Jkapnfmates Shakefpeare's Romeo and Fulict SKATE. 7. /. [Fceabba, Saxon. 1. A flat fea-fifh 2. A fort of thoe armed with iron, for fliding on the ice They fwee On founding fEates a thoufand different ways In circling poife fwift as the winds T bom/on SKEAN. . [ [Irifh and Etfe; ragene Saxon.‘] A fhort fword; a knife Any difpofed to do mifchief may under his man tle privily carry his head picce, fkean, or piftol, t be always' ready Spenfer y The.lnfh did not fail in courage or fiercenefs but being only arme wit dart and fkeines, i Was rather an execution than a fight upon them Vo SK SK Bacow's Henry VIiI SkEG. n. / A wild plum SKE'GGER. 7. / Little falmons, ealled fleggers, are bued of fuc fick falmon that might not ge to the feaj an though they abound, yet never thrive to any bigneff Walton's Angler SKE'LETON. 7. /. [oxererns, Greek. 1. [In anatomy. The bones ef the bod preferved together as much as can be i their natural fituation Quincy When rattling bones together fly From the four corners of the fky ‘When finews o'er the fkeletons are fpread Thofe cloth'd with flefh, and life infpires the dead Dryden Theug the patient may from other caufes b exceedingly emaciated, and appear as a ghaftly /fZeleton, covered only with a dry fkin, yet nothin but the ruin and deftruction of the lungs denominates a confumption Blackmore I thought to meet, as late as heav'n might grant A fkeleton, ferocious, tall, and gaunt Whofe loofe teeth in their naked fockets thook And grinn'd terrific, a Sardonian look Harte 2. The compages of the principal parts The great ftructure itfelf, and its great integrals the heavenly an clementary bodies fuch-a pofition and fituation the world are framed i the great fkeleton o Hale The fchemes of any of the arts or fciences ma be analyzed in a fort of feleton, and reprefented up on tables, with the various dependencies of thei feveral parts SkE'LLUM villain n ' f [ feelm German. a {coundrel Watts Skinner SkEP. 2. /. [ycephen, lower Sax. to draw. 1. Skep 1s a fort of bafket, narrow at th bottom, and wide at the top, to fetc corn in A pitchforke, a doongforke, feeve, fiep, and a bin Tuffer 2. In Scotland, the repofitories where th bees lay their honey 1s flill called /éep SKE'PTICK. 7. [o [oxenlinds, Gr. feeptique Fr. One who doubts, or pretends t doubt, of every thing Bring the caufe unto the bar; whof authorit none muft difclaim, and leaft of all thofe Jeeptick in religion Decay of Picty Surve Nature's extended face, then fcepticks fay Blackmore for the feeprick's fide the ftoick's pride Pope's EfJay on Man every thing, and th Watts's Logich Doubt SkE'PTICAL. adj. [from ffeptick. 2. To plan, by giving the firft or princi1 notion The reader I'll leave in the midft of filence to contemplate thofe ideas which I have onl'yfl:ctc‘/ ed, and which every man muft finith for himfeif Dryder's Dufre/noy SxE‘wERr. #. /. [fere, Danifh.] A woode or iron pin, ufed to keep meat in form Sweetbreads and collops were with fkewers prick' Dryden's Iliad About the fides I once may overloo King A fhewer fent to table by my cook From his rug the fkewer he takes ful ; pretending to univerfal doubt Send up meat well ftuck with fkewers, to mak it look round;' and an iron fkewer, when rightl employed, will make it look handfomer Savift's Direttions to the Cook faften with tkewers If in two fRiffs of cork a loadftone and fteel b placed within the orb of their adtivities, the on doth not move, the other ftanding ftill; but bot fteer into each other Browsn In a poor fiff he pafs'd the bloody main Choak'd with the flaughter'd bodies of his train Drydees On Garrway cliff A favage race, by fhipwreck fed Lie waiting for the founder'd fiffs And firip the bodies of the dead art dexterous Bentley his continual help Ske'pricisM. u. [. [ feepticifme, Fr, fro Jeeptick.] Univerfal doubt; pretence o rofeflion of univerfal doubt I laid by my natural diffidence and [cepticifm fo a while, to take up that dogmatick way. Dryden m f. [ [chedula, Lat. line; a rough draught A out a firft plan I fhall not attempt a charafter of his prefen majefty, having already given an imperfect fZerc of it Addifon As the lighteft fetch, if juftly trac'd Is by ill colouring but the more difgrac'd PO}';' So by falfe learning is good fenfe defac'd 70 SKETCH. @. #. [from the noun. 1. To draw, by tracing the outline able It is, in the fol lowing examples, ufed with of, af, an in, before the fubject of fkill poetical, az ludicrous Of feem #z popula ai preper His father was a man of Tyre, fi/ful to worki gold and filver 2 Chron. iis 14 They fhall call the hufbandman to mourning and fuch as are fkilful of lamentation, to wailing Amos, v 16 Will Vafer is fkilful at finding out the ridiculou fide of a thing, and placing it in a new light. Tat Reflecting on a life well {pent Your fkilful hand employ'd to fav Defpairing wretches from the grave And then fupporting with your fter Thofe whom you dragg'd from death before Inftra@or If a piGture is daubgd with many glaring co .S':';Efr fhoul not only be fRilful in thof fciences which they teach; but have (kill in th method of teaching, and patience in the practice Watts on the Mind tkill ; wit SkxercH Swift Ski'LruL. adj. [fill and full.] Knowing,; qualified with fkill ; poflefling an and further us wit doings SKIFF. 7 /. [¢fquife, Fr. feapha, Lat. {mall light boat Sk1U'LFULLY all ou T 70 SkE'WER. @. a. [from the noun. May the Father of mercies confirm the [eeptical and wavering minds, and fo prevent us, tha ftand faft, i Sawift And on the ftick ten equal notches makes Say, Stella, feel you no content In this wide field of wonders can you fin Mo art With too much knowledg With too much weaknefs fo Man hangs between The dogmatift is fure o Jeeptick believes nothing fouts, the vulgar eye admires it; whereas he judge very contemptuoufly of fome admirable defig etched out only with a black pencil, though b Watts's Logick the hand of Raphacl adv. [from f:lful. art wit Wit uncomme abi lity; dexteroudly As foon as he came near me, in fit diftance, wit much fury upon me Ulyffe but with fury filfuily guided, he ra Sidrey build fhi wit hi ow hands a Broome Silfully as a fhipwright Sk1'LFULNESS. z /4 [from /Zilful. Art ability; dexteroufnefs He fed them ascording to the integrity of hi heart, and guided them by the fiilfulue/s of hi hands Pflahn Ixxviiils 72 SxiLL. o /. [ /i, Iflandick. 1. Knowledge of any practice or art ; rea dinefsin any practice ; knowledge ; dexterity; artfulnefs Skifl in the weapon is nothing without fack Shakelpeare Q Yen |