gallet vs skive

gallet

noun
  • A splinter of stone inserted into the wet mortar of masonry. 

verb
  • To use this masonry technique. 

skive

noun
  • An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something. 

  • An act of avoiding lessons or work. 

  • A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond. 

  • Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty. 

verb
  • To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk. 

  • To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of. 

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