Word: skid
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...soothingly on the grease, mud and avert the skid demon...
...intellectually alert and intellectually eager, to whom increasingly the opportunities of higher education ought to be restricted, if democracy is to become a quality product rather than simply a quantity one, and if excellence and effectiveness are to displace the mediocrity towards which democracy has such a tendency to skid...
...running gear in preparation for the advertised trial flights on the following morning, and at the end of a run it coasted, before it could be stopped, into a sand heap at the side of the field. A slightly bent fork, connecting a front wheel and skid, and a couple of broken guy wires, are the extent of the damage done. The "wrecked" machine may be inspected at any time in its tent on Soldiers Field. The run was open to members, as were the very successful runs on Tuesday morning, and the machine will be ready for trials...
...cylinder head and smashing things generally. This necessitated taking the launch to the dry-dock for repairs. In the evening the engineer started with her for the lower basin, but she became unmanageable and went aground on a mud bank off the Crescent Boat Club house. The skid on the keel stuck in the mud and prevented the tide from floating the launch. She soon began to fill and the engineer was compelled to swim ashore. Efforts were made to get the launch afloat yesterday, but were unsuccessful. A lighter of the Boston Towing Company has been hired...