From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Skate \Skate\ (sk[=a]t), 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.
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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.
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{Roller skate}. See under {Roller}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
10. (Zool.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family
{Tortricidae}.
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{Ground roller} (Zool.), any one of several species of
Madagascar rollers belonging to {Atelornis} and allied
genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.
{Roller bolt}, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are
attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.]
{Roller gin}, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for
separating the seeds from the fiber.
{Roller mill}. See under {Mill}.
{Roller skate}, a skate which has small wheels in the place
of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating
upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Roller skate \Roll"er skate\
1. a shoe with a set of wheels attached so that the wearer
can glide over a flat surface. To move on such a device is
reverred to as to skate or to rollerskate. To rollerskate
is a form of recreation or sport.
[PJC]
2. a metal frame of the size of a shoe, with a set of wheels
attached, and with adjustable clamps and straps that
permit a shoe to be reversibly fastened to the frame. It
serves the same purpose as the roller skate having the
shoe permanently attached, but is typically less
expensive.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roller skate
n 1: a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
v 1: travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to
their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters
roller skate around"
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