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skink |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skink \Skink\, v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skink \Skink\, n. Drink; also pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skink \Skink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinked}; p. pr & vb n. {Skinking}.] [Icel. skenja akin to Sw sk["a]ka, Dan. skienke AS scencan D. & G. schenken As scencan is usually derived from sceonc sceanc shank, a hollow bone being supposed to have been used to draw off liquor from a cask. [root]161. See {Shank}, and cf {Nunchion}.] To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about --Chaucer. Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skink \Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr ????.] [Written also {scink}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family {Scincid[ae]}, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. Note: The officinal skink ({Scincus officinalis}) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species ({Seps tridactylus}) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact The American skinks include numerous species of the genus {Eumeces}, as the blue-tailed skink ({E. fasciatus}) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard ({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United States. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skink n : alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide [syn: {scincid}, {scincid lizard}]
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