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Meaning
Noun
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
A
shin
of beef.
●
In Scottish English:
A
soup
or
pottage
made from a
boiled
shin
of beef.
●
In Scottish English:
Usually
preceded
by a
descriptive
word
: a
soup
or
pottage
made using other ingredients.
●
In Scincomorph lizards:
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.
●
A drink.
Verb
●
In Scottish English:
To
serve
(a drink).
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
To give (something) as a present.
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Wiktionary
Origin
skink
English
scincus
Latin
σκίνκος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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