A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
Pertaining to one that is absent.
A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
One who uses a skive (or skives).
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
A slacker.
A skewer.
To skewer, impale.