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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skink \Skink\, noun [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also {scink}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family {Scincid[ae]}, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
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 ({E. fasciatus}) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard ({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United States.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skink \Skink\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Skinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skinking}.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk["a]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.]
Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer.
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skink \Skink\, verb (used without an object) To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skink \Skink\, noun Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
skink
noun: 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}]
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