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–noun

1.	a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.

2.	any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to fasten with or as if with a skewer.

[Origin: 1670–80; earlier skiver < ?

]

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n.

A long metal or wooden pin used to secure or suspend food during cooking; a spit.
Any of various picks or rods having a function or shape similar to a skewer.

tr.v. skew·ered, skew·er·ing, skew·ers
To hold together or pierce with or as if with a skewer.

[Middle English skuer, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
skewer (n.)

1679, variant of skiver (1664), perhaps from O.N. skifa "disk, cut, slice," related to shiver (n.). The verb is attested from 1701, from the noun.

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skewer
noun
1.	a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
verb
1.	drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
skewer [ˈskjuə] noun

a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting
Example: Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.

Arabic:	سيخ صَغير
Chinese (Simplified):	烤肉叉, 扦, 棒
Chinese (Traditional):	烤肉叉, 扡, 棒
Czech:	špejle, jehla
Danish:	grilllspyd
Dutch:	vleespin
Estonian:	küpsetusvarras
Finnish:	paistinvarras
French:	broche(tte)
German:	der Spieß
Greek:	σουβλάκι
Hungarian:	nyárs
Icelandic:	kjötprjónn, *-teinn
Indonesian:	tusukan
Italian:	spiedo, spiedino

Japanese:	くし
Korean:	꼬챙이, 꼬치
Latvian:	iesms
Lithuanian:	iešmas
Norwegian:	grillspyd
Polish:	rożen, szpikulec
Portuguese (Brazil):	espeto
Portuguese (Portugal):	espeto
Romanian:	frigăruie
Russian:	вертел, шампур
Slovak:	špajdľa, ihlica, ražeň
Slovenian:	ražnjič
Spanish:	brocheta, pincho
Swedish:	steknål, grillspett
Turkish:	şiş

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Skewer

Skew"er\, n. [Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate. Cf. Shuver 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Skewer

Skew"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skewered; p. pr. & vb. n. Skewering.] To fasten with skewers.

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