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Skink
Skink Skink, v. i.
To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink
Skink Skink, n.
Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
SkinkSkink 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. SkinkSkink 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.
Meaning of Skinks from wikipedia
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various specific lizards.
Skinks look like
lizards of the
family Lacertidae (sometimes
called true lizards), but most
species of
skinks have no
pronounced neck...
- required.
Although Western skinks avoid forests, they are
found in dry
areas within forested areas.
Adult Western skinks have a
broad brown stripe down...
- litter. Broad-headed
skinks are pre**** on by a
variety of
organisms including carnivorous birds,
larger reptiles, and mammals.
Skinks prefer to flee by climbing...
-
predators to the
expendable tail.
Skinks run to
shelter to
escape their death as the
disconnected tail
continues to twitch.
Skinks may also
utilize biting as...
- gr****y
patches of
Central Otago, New Zealand.
Otago skinks are
large compared to
other New
Zealand skinks,
growing up to 12
inches (30 cm). They are marked...
- Blue-tongued
skinks comprise the
Australasian genus Tiliqua,
which contains some of the
largest members of the
skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...
-
Variable skink may
denote either of two
different skinks:
Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus, the
southern subspecies of the many-lined
skink from North...
-
Cullen skink is a
thick Scottish soup made of
smoked haddock, potatoes, and onions. An
authentic Cullen skink will use
finnan haddie, but it may be prepared...
- The
skinks are a
family of lizards.
Skink may also
refer to:
Skink anti-aircraft tank, a
Canadian World War II
armoured vehicle developed but not put into...
- (body + tail) of
about 13 to 22 cm (5 to
nearly 9 inches).
Adult prairie skinks are
brown or tan on the back and
darker on the
sides and have
several thin...
