SKATE

skate. Skate, v.i. to slide on the ice by skates

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Skate (?), n. [[D. schaats. Cf. Scatches.]] A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, — made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice. Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep, On sounding skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is maddened all to joy. Thomson. Roller skate. See under Roller.