Lexic.us

Definition of Skink

1. 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.

Definition of Skink

1. n. Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.

2. v. t. To draw or serve, as drink.

3. v. i. To serve or draw liquor.

4. n. Drink; also, pottage.

Definition of Skink

1. Noun. A lizard of the ''Scincidae'' family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed. ¹

2. Verb. (Scotland) to serve (a drink) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skink

1. to pour out or serve, as liquor [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Skink

1. To draw or serve, as drink. "Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about." (Chaucer) "Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove." (Shirley) Origin: Icel. Skenja; akin to Sw. Skaka, 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. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion. To serve or draw liquor. Drink; also, pottage. Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. 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. Origin: L. Scincus, Gr Alternative forms: scink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Skink

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, Richard Morris (1874)
"skink. If thou would'st speak with her, she is in Kent. ... skink. Why, there's my cloak and hat to keep thee warm ; Thy cap and jerkin will serve me to ..."

2. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, Richard Morris (1874)
"skink. If thou would'st speak with her, she is in Kent. ... skink. Why, there's my cloak and hat to keep thee warm ; Thy cap and jerkin will serve me to ..."

3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"skink. 'Sblood, what a frown this Gloster casts at me; I hope he means to lend me no more cuffs, ... What mutter you ? what tidings from my sister 1 skink. ..."

4. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"The Eagle saw the skink sitting in the nest on the tree; ... But the skink ran down on the other side. When the Eagle got back to her nest she saw that the ..."

5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"The Eagle saw the skink sitting in the nest on the tree; so she flew up to ... But the skink ran down on the other side. When the Eagle got back to her nest ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"... and even the human skin has been made into leather. The absorbent powers of tho skin are noticed under ABSORPTION. skink, tho common name of the ..."

7. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To skink over, to renounce. Rutherford. 6. To crush the sides of any thing, as of an egg, together. Suro. Moray. 6. " To break in pieces by weight or ..."

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