skink
A shin of beefA shin of beef.
» Blue-tongued skinks are also bred in captivity and sold as house pets.
Meaning
5 senses(Northern England, Scotland)A shin of beef.
lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
(Scotland, broadly)Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
Cullen skink
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.
Skink
сци́нкscínk
сцинкscynk
(Scotland, obsolete)A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
(obsolete)A drink.
- 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
Examples
1 sentencesBlue-tongued skinks are also bred in captivity and sold as house pets.
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Origin
Possibly from Middle Low German schink, schinke, schenke (“leg; shank; shin bone; ham”), fPossibly from Middle Low German schink, schinke, schenke (“leg; shank; shin bone; ham”), from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō (“shank; thigh; that which is bent”), from Proto-Germanic *skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; to be crooked, slant”).
From Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).
From Middle English skinken, skynken, skenken, from Middle Dutch scinken, scenken, schenken and/or Old Norse skenkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Cognate with German schenken (“to give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”). See also the inherited doublet shink.
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plural: skinksSynonyms
2 synonyms- 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:scincidscincid lizard