[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skate \skate\, n. icel. skata; cf. prov. g. schatten,
   meer-schatten, l. squatus, squatina, and e. shad. zool.
   any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch
   fishes of the genus raia, having a long, slender tail,
   terminated by a small caudal fin. the pectoral fins, which
   are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and
   head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. the skin
   is more or less spinose.
   1913 webster

   note: some of the species are used for food, as the european
         blue or gray skate raia batis, which sometimes
         weighs nearly 200 pounds. the american smooth, or
         barn-door, skate raia laevis is also a large
         species, often becoming three or four feet across. the
         common spiny skate raia erinacea is much smaller.
         1913 webster

   skate's egg. see sea purse.

   skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus pontobdella,
      parasitic on skates.
      1913 webster
see also:
raia raia batis raia laevis raia erinacea skate's egg sea purse 
skate sucker pontobdella 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maid \maid\, n. shortened from maiden. ?. see maiden.
   1. an unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
      esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
      1913 webster

            would i had died a maid,
            and never seen thee, never borne thee son. --shak.
      1913 webster

            can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
            attire? yet my people have forgotten me. --jer. ii.
                                                  32.
      1913 webster

   2. a man who has not had sexual intercourse. obs.
      1913 webster

            christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. a female servant.
      1913 webster

            spinning amongst her maids.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
         signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
         1913 webster

   4. zool. the female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
      skate raia batis, and of the thornback raia
      clavata. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   fair maid. zool. see under fair, a.

   maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
      princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
      perform only nominal or honorary duties.

   old maid. see under old.
      1913 webster
see also:
maiden raia batis raia clavata fair maid fair maid of honor 
old maid old 

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