mavis-skate | The Sailor's Word-Book

Mavis
·noun The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus). ...

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Skate
·vi To move on skates. II. Skate ·noun A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a s...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
skate
n. The New Zealand fish calleda Skate is Raja nasuta, a different speciesof the same genus as the E...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
skate
A well-known cartilaginous fish of the ray family, Raia batis. ...

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friar-skate
The Raia oxyrinchus, or sharp-nosed ray. ...

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skate-lurker
A cant word for a begging impostor dressed as a sailor. ...

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