Skinked

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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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