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Look up: skip

  1. Skip
    [curling] In curling, the skip is the captain of the team. The skip is responsible for determining strategy, and holds the broom in the house to indicate where a teammate at the other end of the curling sheet should aim the stone. The skip usually throws the last two stones in the fourth pos...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(curli

  2. Skip
    nickname for class 67 locomotives.
    Found on http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Glossary

  3. skip
    [n] - a gait in which steps and hops alternate 2. [v] - bound off one point after another
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. SKIP
    Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. skip
    large capacity metallic container or bin often fitted with automatically opening bottom Category: Mechanical engineering • demountable container which is loaded onto and unloaded from a vehicle and which can be empted by means of arms mounted on the vehicle Category: Domestic economy<...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Skip
    Large mobile hopper for transporting mixed coated materials up into hot storage bins.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. Skip
    Skip noun [ See Skep .] 1. A basket. See Skep . [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting minera...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/114

  8. Skip
    Skip intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skipped ; present participle & verbal noun Skipping .] [ Middle English skippen , of uncertain origin; confer Icelandic skopa...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/114

  9. Skip
    Skip transitive verb 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. « They who have a mind to see the ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/114

  10. Skip
    Skip noun 1. A light leap or bound. 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/114

  11. skip
    1. A basket. See Skep. ... 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. ... 3. <chemical> An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. ... 4. A charge of sirup in the pans. ... 5. A beehive; a skep. ... See: Skep. ... 1. A light leap or bound. ... 2. The act ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. skip
    verb bound off one point after another
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. skip
    noun a mistake resulting from neglect
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. skip
    verb cause to skip over a surface; `Skip a stone across the pond`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. Skip
    • (n.) A beehive; a skep. • (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. • (n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. • (v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. • (n.) A light leap or bound. • (v. t....
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. skip
    (from the article `mining`) ...is called a level. The shaft is equipped with elevators (called cages) by which workers, machines, and material enter the mine. Ore is transported ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/105

  17. Skip
    Skip is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `From Skipper, meaning Shipmaster` Skip doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Skip appeared In the top-1000 was 48 years ago, In 1960. It ranked #755 In that year. . 1960 was a `top year` for the name Skip. (Based on 128 ...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Skip

  18. Skip
    In music the term skip describes a passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. Skip
    [container] A rubbish skip, also skip or waste bin, is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry. Instead of being emptied into a garbage truck on site as a dumpster is, a skip is replaced by an empty skip (or no skip at all) and then tipped at a l...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(conta

  20. Skip
    [audio playback] A skip occurs when a phonograph (gramophone), cassette tape or Compact Disc player malfunctions or is disturbed so as to play incorrectly, causing a break in sound or a jump to another part of the recording. ==Vinyl gramophone records== Vinyl records are easily scratched and...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(audio

  21. Skip
    The word skip has several meanings: == General usage == == Acronyms == == Names and titles == ===Fictional characters=== == Skipping == Skipping can refer to several things: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip

  22. Skip
    A car being hoisted from a slope or shaft.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht

  23. skip
    • a gait in which steps and hops alternate
    • a mistake resulting from neglect

    Found on

  24. Skip
    Skip is slang for an escape.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  25. Skip
    Skip is slang for an escape.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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