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skill

1  [skil]
–noun
1. the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
2. competent excellence in performance; expertness; dexterity: The dancers performed with skill.
3. a craft, trade, or job requiring manual dexterity or special training in which a person has competence and experience: the skill of cabinetmaking.
4. Obsolete. understanding; discernment.
5. Obsolete. reason; cause.
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Origin:
1125–75; ME < ON skil distinction, difference; c. D geschil difference, quarrel. See skill 2

Synonyms:
1. proficiency, facility. 2. deftness, cleverness.

Antonyms:
1. inability.
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2  [skil]
–verb (used without object) Archaic.
1. to matter.
2. to help; avail.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME skilien < ON skilja to distinguish, divide, akin to skil (see skill 1 ), OE scylian to separate, Goth skilja butcher, Lith skélti to split
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skill   (skĭl)   
n.  

  1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. See Synonyms at ability.

    1. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body.

    2. A developed talent or ability: writing skills.

  3. Obsolete A reason; a cause.


[Middle English skil, from Old Norse, discernment; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

skill 
c.1175, "power of discernment," from O.N. skil "distinction, discernment," related to skilja (v.) "distinguish, separate," from P.Gmc. *skaljo- "divide, separate" (cf. M.L.G. schillen "to differ;" M.L.G., M.Du. schele "difference;" see shell). Sense of "ability, cleverness" first recorded c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Skill
A somewhat peculiar blend between Franz-Lisp and C, with a large set of various CAD primitives. It is owned by Cadence Design Systems and has been used in their CAD frameworks since 1985. It's an extension language to the CAD framework (in the same way that Emacs-Lisp extends GNU Emacs), enabling you to automate virtually everything that you can do manually in for example the graphic editor. Skill accepts C-syntax, fun(a b), as well as Lisp syntax, (fun a b), but most users (including Cadence themselves) use the C-style.
[Jonas Jarnestrom ].
(1995-02-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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