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scaife local.|skeɪf|
Also scafe, skief, skife, skeef (see E.D.D.).
[? a. Du. schijf (= G. scheibe), disk, wheel. Cf. skeith.]
1. A thin iron wheel, sharp at the edge, used in some ploughs in place of or in front of the coulter. Also attrib.
1793G. Maxwell Agric. Huntingdon 10 Instead of a foot or wheel, to support the beam of the plough, they use what is called a scaife, which is a circular plate of iron, turning constantly round. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Skief-plough, a plough fitted with a skief. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Scafe, the little wheel which runs in front of the coulter of a plough. 1895E. Angl. Gloss., Skife-nail, a long nail, having its head formed so as to suit..the holes in the plat of a plough.
2. A revolving wheel used in polishing diamonds.
1887Horological Jrnl. XXIX. 105 The ordinary workman puts his diamond on the scaife or cylinder without taking any particular pains. |