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Skid \Skid\ (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[imac][eth] 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.
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2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive
pressure. Specifically:
(a) pl. (Naut.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to
protect it in handling a cargo. --Totten.
(b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so
as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a
door, along which anything is moved by sliding or
rolling.
(c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for
supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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3. (Aeronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying
machines, used for landing.
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4. A low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be
transported, typically of two layers, and having a space
between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can
be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy
objects by means of a fork lift; -- a skid without wheels
is the same as a {pallet}.
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5. pl. Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or
downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase

{on the skids} and

{hit the skids}.
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6. [From the v.] Act of skidding; -- called also {side slip}.
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Skid \Skid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Skidding}.]
1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause
to move on skids.
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2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. --Dickens.
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3. (Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
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Skid \Skid\, v. i.
1. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from
turning while the vehicle moves onward.
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2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on
the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or
automobile.
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