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 Side slip. See Skid, below.
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 Skid n.  [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.
 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.
 3. Aeronautics A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.
 6.   Act of skidding; -- called also side slip.