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skewer(dictionary)
skewer 1, noun(dictionary)
skewer 2, verb(dictionary)
Chicken bits on a skewer(recipes)
Grilled Skewer Lamb(recipes)

skewer (iou)



skewer noun & verb. LME.
[Origin uncertain; rel. to SKIVER noun1, SKUETT.]
A. noun.
A long wooden or metal pin, esp. for holding meat etc. together while cooking. LME.
b. A metal pin for fastening clothing or securing hair. L18.
A sharp weapon, as a sword, spear, arrow, etc. M19.
Comb.: skewer tree, skewer wood the spindle tree, Euonymus europaea; the wood of this, used for making skewers.
b. verb trans.
Fasten (meat etc.) with or on a skewer. Also foll. by together, up, upon. E18.
W. Styron Bent nails upon which we skewered crickets.
b. Fix or fasten to or into (as) with a skewer. Foll. by in, into, to, down, up. L18.
J. Buchan A long knife through his heart..skewered him to the floor.
Pierce or run through with a sword etc. M19.
b. Fix or thrust (into or through) like a skewer. M19.