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Look up: skid

  1. Skid
    A pallet used for a pile of cut sheets.
    Found on http://www.printusa.com/glos.htm

  2. Skid
    Skid is slang for heroin.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. skid
    A pallet or base used to transport and store products.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  4. skid
    [n] - one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects 2. [n] - an unexpected slide 3. [v] - elevate onto skids 4. [v] - apply a brake or skid to 5. [v] - slide without control, as of a car that does not grip the road 6. [v] - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. skid
    a low platform mounted on the bottom of equipment for ease of moving, hauling, or storing.
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/s.htm

  6. Skid
    A platform built with a solid wood bottom, for holding stacks of paper not packed in cartons. Paper may be ordered in skids or cartons. When printers are printing a large job, they generally prefer skids to cartons.
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.

  7. skid
    rounded guiding member of a pick-up Category: Standards, measures and testing • longitudinal member which is secured to the skid platform to facilitate handling Category: Transport • beams on which certain freight containers are mounted to facilitate handling. Category: Mechanical engineering
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Skid
    Skid (skĭd) noun [ Icelandic skīš 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  9. Skid
    Skid transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skidded ; present participle & verbal noun 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  10. Skid
    Skid noun 1. (Aėronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing. 2. [ From the v. ] Act of skidding; -- called also side slip .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  11. Skid
    Skid intransitive verb 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  12. Skid
    Skid transitive verb (Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  13. skid
    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, large fenders hung over a ve ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. skid
    slip 4 sideslip noun an unexpected slide
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. skid
    noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Skid
    • (n.) A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing. • (v. t.) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway. • (v. i.) To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile. • (v.) Act of skidding; -- called also side slip. • (v. i.) T...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. Skid
    A track-mounted vehicle used to hold trips or cars from running out of control. Also it is a flat-bottom personnel or equipment carrier used in low coal.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht

  18. Skid
    The employment of 3' x 3-1/2' wooden beams on the under-side of a case to both elevate the case from the ground surface and to provide an ample target for forklift blade beneath the case. Skids are options on any STAR CASE, size permitting.
    Found on http://www.starcase.com/glossary.html

  19. Skid
    A low wooden frame used to support heavy objects or groups of materials for easier handling. Usually used as a platform for objects moved by forklift. Also called Pallet.
    Found on http://www.exhibitoronline.com/glossary/

  20. Skid
    A pallet that does not utilize a bottom deck. Generally supports the top deck by means of blocks and stringers.
    Found on http://www.mhia.org/learning/glossary/s

  21. Skid
    Alternate term for Pallet.
    Found on http://www.e-printing.co.uk/glossary.htm


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