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skink
/skɪŋk/
noun 5verb 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
cullen, lean
SKINK + NOUN
jove, pot-roast
Definitions
noun
1
A shin of beef.
lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
2
A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
For there are in the Flesh , Bones , Skinnes , organs , and the severall limbes of the living body : such spirits as are in the Flesh , Bone , and Skinke , beeing separated
3
Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
Cullen skink
noun
1
A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.
verb
1
To serve (a drink).
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day.
[W]hile he would spit beyond the table, he all-to-bespawleth him who skinketh at the feast.
2
To give (something) as a present.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body
- scincid
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
Wiktionary02
For there are in the Flesh , Bones , Skinnes , organs , and the severall limbes of the living body : such spirits as are in the Flesh , Bone , and Skinke , beeing separated
Wiktionary03
Cullen skink
Wiktionary04
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day.
Wiktionary05
[W]hile he would spit beyond the table, he all-to-bespawleth him who skinketh at the feast.
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