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Skint
- adjective - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
Skirt
- noun - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
- a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- cut of beef
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Smift
- - A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.
Smitt
- - Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
Spilt
- verb - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
- flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
- reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
Spirt
- noun - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Stilt
- noun - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
- long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
Stint
- noun - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- smallest American sandpiper
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"