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Skid
·vt To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. II. Skid ·add. ·v Act of skidding; — called also side s...

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skid
A piece of light timber from ten to twenty feet in length, upon which heavier timber is rolled or sl...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
skid
to skid a wheel, to prevent its turning in going down a steep hill, to drag it. Kent. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Road
·noun An inroad; an invasion; a raid. II. Road ·noun A journey, or stage of a journey. III. Road ·...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Road
(1 Sam. 27:10; R.V., "raid"), an inroad, an incursion. This word is never used in Scripture in the s...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
road
, or roadstead. An off-shore well-known anchorage, where ships may await orders, as St. Helen's at...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Road
This word occurs but once in the Authorized Version of the Bible, viz. in (1 Samuel 37:10) where it ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
skid-beams
Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...

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Jinny road
·- An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. ...

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Maoadam road
·- A macadamized road. ...

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Track-road
·noun A towing path. ...

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Goswell Road
North from Aldersgate Street at the Bars, in the Borough of Finsbury (P.O. Directory). So named 186...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
corduroy road
A road or causeway constructed with logs laid together over swamps or marshy places. When properly f...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
leach-road
the way peculiarly used for a funeral. West. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Gray's Inn Road
North out of High Holborn to King's Cross (P.O. Directory). First mention: O.S. 1875. Former names...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
knight of the road
A highwayman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose