Skid (skid), n. [Icel. skIð a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.]
1.
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
2.
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically:
(a) pl. (Naut.)
Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten.
(b)
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
(c)
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]
1.
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
2.
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.
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Skid (?), n.
1. (Aëronautics)
A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.
2. [From the v.]
Act of skidding; -- called also side slip.
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Skid, v. i.
1.
To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
2.
To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
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Skid, v. t. (Forestry)
To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
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