Skink

skink
    n 1: 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:
         {skink}, {scincid}, {scincid lizard}]
    

Skink \Skink\, v. i.
   To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
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Skink \Skink\, n.
   Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Skink \Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
   {scink}.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
   lizards of the family {Scincidae}, common in the warmer parts
   of all the continents.
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   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 ({Eumeces fasciatus}) of the Eastern
         United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
         ({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United
         States.
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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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