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sky-sailing 'skai,see-lir) n. the art, eccupation, or sport of sailing the skies; airmailing; aeronautics, aviation.

sky-sailor 'ska^see-tez n. a sailor of the sky; an air^sailor; an airman; an aeronaut; an aviator.

skyscape 'skai,skeep n. a view of the sky; a part of the sky within the observer's range of vision at any moment.

skyscraper 'ska^sksee-paz n. anything which extends or is projected far into the sky or air, as a ball or missil; especially, a very tall steel bilding.

skyscraper-top 'skai-sksee-ps^tep n. the tep or roof of a skyscraper or very tall bilding.

skyscraping 'ska^sksee-pirj n. the eccupation or sport of high flying, er, as it were, scraping or sleeping the sky in flying? machines; sky^sailing: air^f light; aviation.

sky-skimmer 'skai,skini9z n. one who is habitually occu- pied in skimming or gliding in the sky; a skymailor; an expert aviator.

sky-skipper 'skai,skip9z intr. proceed or fly in the manner of a sky^pilot or aerial skipper; skip along in a flying? machine.

sky-slide 'skai,sLaid n. a slide or inclined way in the sky or air; an aerial chute.

sky- traffic 'skai,tgaefik n, the traffic of the sky or air; aerial tr,ade, commerce, or travel; air^tjafic.

sky-voyage 'skai/rei-ids n. a voyage in the sky; an aerial voyage; an air?tip.

skyward 'skai-wazd adv. toward the sky or upper air; sky- wards; hevenward.

skywards 'skai-w9zdz adv. same meaning as skyward.

sky-way 'skai/wee n. the way or highway of the sky; the atmosfere considerd as a road or path of travel; a sky* road : as, to travel a thousand miles of *sky^ways.

slack stsek n. the part of a line, cord, or rope that hangs loose or appears to do so; the sag of a kite^strjng ; the slackage.

sleet stiit n. hail or snow mingled with rain, usually in fine particles and eften driven by the wind.

slider 'stai-daz n. a gliding^machine ; a glider.

slip stip. the difference between the amount of tjanslatory motion which a screw propeller would have if it were re- volving in a solid nut and the amount of tjanslatory motion which it actually has when revolving in the air or other fluid uuhile propelling a vehicle; screw^shp; drag.

apparent slip, the slip in reference to the main body of the surrounding fluid (regarded as stationary) rather than with that portion of the fluid which is just in front of, or

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