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skinkle, v. Sc.|ˈskɪnk(ə)l|
[perh. a frequentative f. ON. skína to shine.]
intr. To glitter, glisten, sparkle; to have a showy appearance.
17..Lord Thomas xix. in Percy Reliques, It skinkled in their een. 1791A. Wilson Laurel Disputed Poet. Wks. (1846) 127 Ae night the lift was skinkling a' wi' starns. 1888Glasgow Evening Times 15 Oct. 2/6 A handful of flame which..merely skinkles on the window-panes.
Hence ˈskinkling ppl. a.
1790A. Wilson Poems 205 Row't in a skinklan plaid. c1795? Burns Poem on Pastoral Poetry iv, Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches, O' heathen tatters! 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 30 Or flee about on skinklin' wing, Like butterflies. 1849A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 104 Death lurks in its skinkling fire. |