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Skate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice. Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep, On sounding skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is maddended all to joy. Thomson. Roller skate. See under Roller.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To move on skates.