skink, scincid, scincid lizard
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
skink (plural skinks)
(Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
(chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
(chiefly, Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
skink (plural skinks)
A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.
skink (third-person singular simple present skinks, present participle skinking, simple past and past participle skinked)
(transitive, Scotland) To serve (a drink).
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give as a present.
skink (plural skinks)
(obsolete) A drink.
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Source: Wiktionary
Skink, n. Etym: [L. scincus, Gr. [Written also scink.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ, 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.
Skink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking.] Etym: [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. skäka, 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. sq. root161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion.]
Definition: To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. Chaucer. Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. Shirley.
Skink, v. i.
Definition: To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink, n.
Definition: Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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