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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.
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