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266 Skit. A syringe, a squirt. Skit. The name given to a plant by boys who cut out portions of the hollow stems to make shits. (Also called Alexanders, or Allsanders. Smyrnium olusatrum. c) Skit. A mine pump used to raise water from a small depth. It is like a ship's pump. Pryce. Skit^ or Skeet. To squirt. Also a mode or trick of expectorating by forcing out the saliva suddenly between the closed teeth at one of the corners of the mouth. Skitter. A track on ice or frozen snow for sliding (not skating) on. Skitter. One who slides. To skitter, (or skutter) a stone, is to make it hop and skim along the surface of water, to make " ducks and drakes." Skittery. Slippery, like ice, &c. Skivet. See Skibbet. Skove. The tinners say of a rich lode " 'tis all sJcove, or scove ; pure and clean. Celtic Cornish. Pryce. Skuatj or Skuit. A legacy, a windfall. '^ A skuat of money." Slack. Impudent talking. Jaw." ^^ Hold your slack." Slack, or Slacket. Slight, thin. Sladdocks. A cleaving and splitting tool for slate. Slag. Misty rain, sleet. m.a.c.