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skin' div"ing

an underwater sport in which the swimmer, equipped with a lightweight mask, foot fins, and either a snorkel or a portable air cylinder and breathing device, can move about quickly and easily underwater, as for exploring or spear fishing. Also called, esp. Brit., free diving.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

skin-dive

skin effect

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