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skean

skean


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skean  \Skean\,  n.  [Ir  sgian;  akin  to  Gael.  sgian,  W.  ysgien  a 
  large  knife,  a  scimiter.] 
  A  knife  or  short  dagger,  esp.  that  in  use  among  the 
  Highlanders  of  Scotland.  [Variously  spelt.]  ``His  skean,  or 
  pistol.''  --Spenser.