skink
Pronunciation Noun

skink (plural skinks)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
    lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
  2. (chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled#Adjective|boiled shin of beef.
  3. (chiefly, Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
    Cullen skink
Noun

skink (plural skinks)

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

skink (skinks, present participle skinking; past and past participle skinked)

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To serve#Verb|serve (a drink#Noun|drink).
    • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.
  2. (transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give#Verb|give as a present#Noun|present.
Noun

skink (plural skinks)

  1. (obsolete) A drink#Noun|drink.



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