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Definition skink

Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle Low German schink, schinke, schenke (“leg; shank; shin bone; ham”), from Proto-Germanic *skinkô (“shank; thigh; that which is bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; to be crooked, slant”). The word is cognate with Danish skinke (“ham”), Middle Dutch schenke, schinke (“shin; hough; ham”), Icelandic skinka (“ham”), Norwegian skinke (“ham”), Old English gescincio, gescinco (“kidney fat”), Old High German skinka, skinko (“shank; shin bone”) (Middle High German schinke (“shank; shin bone; ham”), modern German Schinken (“ham; pork from the hindquarters”)), Old Saxon skinka (“ham”), Old Swedish skinke (modern Swedish skinka (“ham”)).

Noun

skink (plural skinks)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
2. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
3. (chiefly Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.

Etymology 2

From Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (skíngos), ??????? (skínkos).

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.

Etymology 3

From Old English scencan or Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijan?. Cognate with German schenken (“to give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”). See also the inherited doublet shink.

Verb

skink (third-person singular simple present skinks, present participle skinking, simple past and past participle skinked)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To serve (a drink).
2. (transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give as a present.

Noun

skink (plural skinks)

1. (obsolete) A drink.

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