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.
One who strays.