skeif

or skaif

[ skahyf, skeyf ]

noun
  1. a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.

Origin of skeif

1
Earlier scaife<Dutch schijf disk, wheel, Middle Dutch scīve;see shive1

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