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skeg

Skeg vs Sken - What's the difference?

skeg | sken |


As a noun skeg

is (nautical) a fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.

As a verb sken is

(northern english) to squint.

Skeg vs Skee - What's the difference?

skeg | skee |


As nouns the difference between skeg and skee

is that skeg is (nautical) a fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller while skee is .

Skew vs Skeg - What's the difference?

skew | skeg |


As nouns the difference between skew and skeg

is that skew is (architecture) a stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place while skeg is (nautical) a fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.

As an adjective skew

is (mathematics) neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).

As a verb skew

is to change or alter in a particular direction.

As an adverb skew

is awry; obliquely; askew.

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