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skeif

American  
[skahyf, skeyf] / skaɪf, skeɪf /
Or skaif

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of skeif

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

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