Skink

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

  Skink \Skink\, v. i.
     To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Skink \Skink\, n.
     Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skink \Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
     {scink}.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
     lizards of the family {Scincidae}, common in the warmer parts
     of all the continents.
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     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 ({Eumeces fasciatus}) of the Eastern
           United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
           ({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United
           States.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skink \Skink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Skinking}.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk[aum]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.]
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           Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer.
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           Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]