Skee

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  • n. Obsolete form of ski.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A wooden runner, of tough wood, from five to ten feet long, an inch or an inch and a half thick at the middle, but thinner toward the ends, an inch wider than the shoe of the user, and turned up in a curve at the front. Skees are secured, one to each foot, in such a way as to be easily cast off in case of accident, and are used for sliding down a declivity or as a substitute for snow-shoes.
  • To slide on skees.
  • Word Usage
    "Seraphitus drew in his left foot, furnished with another "skee," which was only two feet long, turned swiftly where he stood, caught his timid companion in his arms, lifted her in spite of the long boards on her feet, and placed her on a projecting rock from which he brushed the snow with his pelisse."