Skean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skean \Skean\, n. [Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a
     large knife, a scimiter.]
     A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the
     Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] "His skean, or
     pistol." --Spenser.
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