SKEANS

Noun

skeans

plural of skean

Anagrams

• snakes, sneaks

Source: Wiktionary


SKEAN

Skean, n. Etym: [Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a large knife, a scimiter.]

Definition: A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] "His skean, or pistol." Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




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17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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