Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skeed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skeed \Skeed\, n.
See {Skid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skid \Skid\ (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[=i][eth] 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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