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skate I. \ˈskāt, usu -ād.+V\ noun (plural skates also skate) Etymology: Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata 1. : any of numerous rays of Raja and related genera of the family Rajidae that have the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the animal a rhomboidal shape and that include the common gray skate (Raja batis) of Europe which sometimes weighs over 100 pounds and is extensively used as food, the barn-door skate, the little skate, and the thornback 2. a. : skate bottom b. : one of the units of gear making up a setline especially in Pacific coast fisheries and consisting of several hundred fathoms of groundline with gangions and hooks attached — compare tub
 II. noun (-s) Etymology: modification of Dutch schaats skate, stilt, from Middle Dutch schaetse stilt, from (assumed) Old North French escache (akin to Old French eschace stilt), perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon skakan to depart — more at shake 1. a. : one of a pair of devices worn on the feet for skating on ice: as (1) : a shoe with a metal runner fastened to the sole — called also ice skate; see figure skate, hockey skate, racing skate (2) : double-runner b. : roller skate 2. [skate (III) ] : a period of skating < went for a skate on the pond > 3. : a sliding shoe fitting over a rail (as in a classification yard) to stop railroad cars not being retarded by brakes 4. : a vertical fender (as a curved steel skid) fastened to the side of a ship's boat to fend it clear of the ship's side while lowering from davits on the high side of a listing ship III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) intransitive verb 1. a. : to glide along on skates propelled by the alternate action of the legs b. : to compete in a skating match < picked to skate against the visiting team > 2. : to slip or glide as if on skates < bugs that skate on top of the creek > 3. : to proceed in a superficial or venturesome manner (as over a dangerous subject) : pass lightly < his ability deftly to skate over subjects which Americans find unfit for mixed society — Ernest Beaglehole > transitive verb : to go along or through by skating < watched him skate the length of the rink > < merely skates the surface of the difficulties involved — New Republic > IV. noun (-s) Etymology: probably alteration of skite (III) 1. : a contemptible person < these shyster skates … just slip in like the boll weevil — Tourist News > 2. : a thin awkward-looking or decrepit horse : nag 3. : fellow < the baseball throng beams upon the president and agrees that he is a pretty good skate after all — Los Angeles (Calif.) Examiner > |