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    skeleton key
    [ noun ]
    a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
    <noun.artifact>


    Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a.
    Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely
    of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
    features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton
    crystal.

    {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the
    amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.]

    {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the
    web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock;
    a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has
    not been especially fitted.

    {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been
    removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone
    remaining.

    {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the
    inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs
    being taken before the engraving is finished.

    {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of
    officers, but in which there are few enlisted men.

    {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean of the genus
    {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[ae]modipoda}.

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