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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan.

skifer

a slate. Cf.

a fragment.]

A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

Meat well stuck with

skewers

to make it look round.

Swift.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Skewered

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Skewering

To fasten with skewers.

Noun.

A pin of wood or iron for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.