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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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