Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skink \Skink\, v. i.
To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skink \Skink\, n.
Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skink
n : 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
[syn: {scincid}, {scincid lizard}]
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