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skee

  [skee] noun, plural skees, skee, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), skeed, skee⋅ing.
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ski

  [skee] noun, plural skis, ski, verb, skied, ski⋅ing.
–noun
1. one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
2. water ski.
–verb (used without object)
3. to travel on skis, as for sport.
–verb (used with object)
4. to use skis on; travel on skis over: to ski the slopes of Switzerland.
Also, skee.

Origin:
1745–55; < Norw; ON skīth; c. OE scīd strip of wood, G Scheit thin board

Related forms:
ski⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History

ski  (n.)
1885 (there is an isolated instance from 1755), from Norw. ski, related to O.N. skið "snowshoe," lit. "stick of wood," cognate with O.E. scid "stick of wood," obs. Eng. shide; O.H.G. skit, Ger. Scheit "log," from P.Gmc. *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE base *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). The verb is 1893, from the noun. ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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