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Definition of Skinks

Skink
Skink Skink, v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink
Skink Skink, n. Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Skink
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.
Skink
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.

Meaning of Skinks from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- Variable skink may denote either of two different skinks: Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus, the southern subspecies of the many-lined skink from North...
- Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Emerald skink may refer to: Lamprolepis, the emerald skinks Dasia, commonly known as tree skinks This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with...