The sound made by something that grates against something else.
An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
The loose material that comes from something being grated.
Harsh and unpleasant.
Abrasive; tending to annoy.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
A college servant.
A skip car.
The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
A charge of syrup in the pans.
skywave propagation
The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
A beehive.
A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear.
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
To have insufficient ink transfer.
To leap about lightly.
Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
To jump rope.
To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
To leap lightly over.