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n. 1. the time after skiing. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought,
An' did the buckskins claw, man. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Breeches made of buckskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin. ] 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hunted red deer's undressed hide
Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wearing buskins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. “The buskined stage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cap made from the skin of a raccoon, with the tail hanging down the back; -- called also coonskin cap.
Syn. -- coonskin cap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. leather from the skin of a cow.
Syn. -- cowhide. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A kind of drinking cup. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen. ] A sword of Damask steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell (1641). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as colored. [ Narrower terms: black (vs. white) ]
Syn. -- colored, coloured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a dark color; -- of skin color.
Syn. -- dusky, swart, swarthy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it. Hakluyt. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unkindness; disservice. [ R. ] A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of the doe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; born 1821, died 1881.
Syn. -- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Fyodor Dostoevski. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a dusky manner. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dusky. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat dusky. “ Duskish smoke.” Spenser. -- Dusk"ish*ly, adv. -- Dusk"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Eskimos [ Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh. ] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [ Written also Esquimau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

Eskimo dog [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) See Ichthyosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honor's train
Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frisky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being frisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of searching someone for concealed weapons.
Syn. -- frisk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony. ] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Galligaskins.

n. pl. [ Cf. Galligaskins. ] 1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A horse's thighs. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a. Made of the skin of a goat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as gooseflesh. [ PJC ]

n. [ Grise a pig + -kin. ] The spine of a hog. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a skirt stiffened with hoops.
Syn. -- crinoline. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. to jump lightly.
Syn. -- hop, skip. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a short distance; as, it's just a hop, skip and a jump away. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- stone's throw. [ PJC ]

adv. [ From Husky. ] In a husky manner; dryly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being husky. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [ U.S. ] “A red ear in the husking.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; kid{ 3 }.
Syn. -- kid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]