Lexic.us

Definition of Figure skate

1. Verb. Dance on skates.

2. 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.

Definition of Figure skate

1. Verb. To practice figure skating ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Figure Skate

figure-of-8 suture figure-of-eight figure-of-eights figure-of-speech figure and ground figure dash figure dashes figure eights figure loom figure of eight

figure of merit figure of speech figure out figure poem figure skate (current term) figure skater figure skaters figure skating figure space figured

figured-fabric loom figured out figuredly figurehead figureheads figureless figurer figurers

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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