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Skier vs Skie - What's the difference?

skier | skie |

As a noun skier

is .

As a verb skie is

.

skier

English

Etymology 1

ski +

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who skis.
  • Etymology 2

    sky +

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
  • * 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
  • However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.
  • * 2012, Harry Pearson, "There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian:
  • The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.

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    skie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1667', Him the Almighty Power / Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal '''Skie — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 44-5
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