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||Sing"spiel` (?), n. [G.; singen to sing + spiel to play.] (Music) A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.

Sin"ic (?), a. [See Sinologue.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Chinese and allied races; Chinese.

Sin"i*cism (?), n. (Ethnol.) Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.

Sink (sk), n. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]

Sioux State. North Dakota; -- a nickname.

Sir*dar" (?), n. In Turkey, Egypt, etc., a commander in chief, esp. the one commanding the Anglo-Egyptian army.

Si*roc"co (s*rk"k), n. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.

Skat (skät), n. [G., fr. It. scartare to discard.] 1. A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.

2. (Skat) A widow of two cards.

Skelp (?), v. t. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.

Ski (?), n. Same as Skee.

Ski"a*graph (?), n. Ski*ag"ra*phy (&?;), n., etc. See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.

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{ Ski"a*scope (?), Sci"a*scope (?) }, n. [Gr. &?; a shadow + -scope.] (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows. -- Ski*as"co*py (#), Ski*as"co*py (#), n.

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.

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.

Skid, v. t. (Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.

Skid"der (?), n. One that skids; one that uses a skid; specif.: (Logging) (a) One that skids logs. (b) An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs. (c) The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.

Skid road. (Logging) (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also travois, or travoy, road. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet.

Skit"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Skit, v. t.] To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.

The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface.

James A. Henshall.

Skit"ter, v. i. To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.

Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down.

T. Roosevelt.

||Skop*tsy" (?), n. pl. See Raskolnik.