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In Kipling's Captains Courageous "How many skates you reckon we'll need?" Something to do with fishing, or preparing fishing bait. Not ice skates, I think, nor the type of fish called skate. Equinox ◑ 22:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Maybe its the sense the OED has as "A set of tackle for halibut-fishing, etc., used chiefly on the Pacific Coast of North America." —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 06:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Only in the place name Skate of Marrister?
1876, Great Britain. Hydrographic Department, North Sea Pilot, page 20:The next danger is the Skate of Morrister, a flat ledge lying a cable from the island about the middle of Whalsey sound, and abreast Morrister
- {{quote-book|en|year=1903|author=Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept|title=North Sea Pilot|page=39
|text=The Skate of Morrista is a flat ledge lying a cable from the island about the middle of Whalsey sound, and abreast Morrista house; it dries at half ebb, its position }
1950, United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands, page 316:The Skate of Marrister, a flat ledge that dries 5 feet, extends for a distance of 300 yards from a point on the western side of Whalsay, a little over 1 mile north-northeastward of Symbister Ness. This ledge constitutes the chief
- -sche (discuss) 18:57, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply