skink
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /skɪŋk/
skink (plural skinks)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
- lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
- (chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled#Adjective|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 (skinks, present participle skinking; past and past participle skinked)
- (transitive, Scotland) To serve#Verb|serve (a drink#Noun|drink).
- Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.
- (transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give#Verb|give as a present#Noun|present.
skink (plural skinks)
- (obsolete) A drink#Noun|drink.
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