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Definition of Figure skate
1. Noun. An ice skate worn for figure skating; has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade.
2. Verb. Dance on skates.
Entails: Dance, Trip The Light Fantastic, Trip The Light Fantastic Toe
Generic synonyms: Skate
Specialized synonyms: Spread-eagle
Definition of Figure skate
1. Verb. To practice figure skating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figure Skate
Literary usage of Figure skate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spalding's Winter Sports by James A. Cruikshank (1917)
"SR figure skate. Hen's. Salchow Model. No. SB figure skate, Salchow Model, attached
to Spalding No. 300 Shoe for Hen. Complete Outfit, Skates and Shoes. ..."
2. Skating by John Moyer Heathcote, C. G. Tebbutt, T. Maxwell Witham, Henry A. Buck, John Kerr, Ormond Hake (1892)
"... or any other species of figure-skate will realise how the tendency of the
level skate is to go straight, that of the curved ..."
3. Outing (1893)
"T. ^ skate differs somewhat from the ° 'E"-'I blade or figure skate, being higher
than either of these, that leverage may be obtained. ..."
4. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Libraryby British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum (1906)
"VANDERVELL (HE) The figure skate. A curvilinear skating, pp.72. Land. 1901. 8".
research into the form of blade best adapted to 07905. g. 38. ..."
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