α. 1500s–1600s scinke, 1500s 1700s–1800s scinc, 1600s 1800s scinck, 1600s– scink, 1800s scinque.
β. 1500s– skink, 1600s skinke, 1700s skinc, 1700s skinck.
skinkn.1
/skɪŋk/, U.S. /skɪŋk/ Zoology.
Originally: a small lizard, Scincus scincus (family Scincidae), common in northern Africa and the Middle East, and formerly regarded as having medicinal value. In later use (frequently with distinguishing word): any lizard of the large family Scincidae, the members of which occur throughout warm regions of the world and are typically adapted for burrowing, with smooth shiny scales, limbs that are small or absent, and elongated cylindrical bodies with tapering tails. Also skink lizard.sand skink: see the first element.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of (skink)
skink1526
scincoidean1831
scincidoid1841
scincoid1841
α.
β. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. viii. 316 Much like to this kind is the Skink [L. scincus; Fr. le scincus] (whom some haue named the land Crocodile).1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 168 Th' horned Cerastes, th' Alexandrian Skink [Fr. Le Stinc Alexandrin].1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 171 Skincks.—Some Authors have ascribed much to these as Alexipharmicks.1866 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 177 I have already compared these [bones] to the superorbitals of the Skink-lizards, Blind-worms, and Trigonal Cayman.1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 296 The Skink inhabits the western and northern parts of Africa.1955 G. Cansdale Reptiles W. Afr. iv. 68 Blanding's Skink is frequently seen in compounds and inside houses in many parts of the Gold Coast and Nigeria.1962 Geogr. Jrnl. 128 154 He had secured..two large, sand-loving skink lizards of the genus Egernia.1966 U. Beier tr. O. Ijimere Imprisonment of Obatala 96 He who approaches me, Faints, like the dog who foolishly attacks Olooyunbere, the skink.2007 Guardian 17 Apr. 13/1 Lizards suffered similar falls, with one species, the striped litter skink, down 10.03% each year.1526 Grete Herball cccxxvi. sig. X.vi/1 Scinces be small fysshes yt be founde in fresshe waters lyke to lyzardes.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. li. 143 The partes of scinces which embrace the reynes, are drunk to raise a stiffenes of the yarde.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 141 There haue beene some that haue reckoned Scinkes and Lizards among Wormes.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iii. 48 The Scink..hath..short Legs, a flat and broad Foot like a Hand, with very short Toes.
1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 246 Gulls, the scink, the leech,..&c. are all said to feel..approaching changes of weather.
1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 285 This species much resembles the common or officinal Scink, but is considerably larger.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 278 (heading) The scinques (Scincus, Daud.).
1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 84 393 In the Himalaya the Scink, Leiolopisma himalayanum, ascends to 14,000 feet.
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skinkn.2
/skɪŋk/, U.S. /skɪŋk/ 1. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Originally: a soup, broth, or pottage made from a boiled leg-joint of beef, esp. a shin. In later use also (frequently with distinguishing word): a soup, broth, or pottage made from any of various ingredients. Cf. Cullen Skink n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > beef soup
browet1399
skink1541
beef-broth1702
cooley1767
beef-brewis1820
rubaboo1821
oxtail soup1834
1541–2 Linlithgow Burgh Court 8 Mar. His arschip guddis..except ane ox ane ko ane veddir and ane skynk pott.
c1575 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 235 The air sall haue..ane butter-plait, ane skink-plait, ane beif plait, ane luggit disch.
1602 in T. F. Henderson Old World Scotl. (1893) 14 Ane dische of bruise, and ane uther of skink or kaill.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §45 Wee finde also that Scotch Skinck (which is a Pottage of strong Nourishment,) is made with the Knees, and Sinewes of Beefe, but long boiled.
1706 Blythsome Wedding in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1977) I. 72 There will be meal-kail and castocks, And skink to sup till you rive.
1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 210 Guid barley broth and skink came next.
1819 J. Burness Plays 290 Beef an' mutton, rice an' skink.
1827 Domest. Econ. & Cookery for Rich & Poor 304 Balnamoon Skink for Invalids... Cut down and bruise two or three cock chickens, and put them into a saucepan with three quarts of water.
1893 T. F. Henderson Old World Scotl. 57 Its quality was very similar to that of the strong Lowland soup called skink.
1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 220 Skink was the Scottish version, made with a leg of beef chopped in pieces, and seasoned with saffron and herbs.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 308/1 Skink, a type of vegetable soup.
2005 S. Paston-Williams Fish (2006) 133 Cullen Skink. Although originating from Cullen, a small fishing village in the Moray Firth area of Scotland, this soup-stew, or skink (an old Scots word), became more widely popular.
2. Scottish.
a. A joint of beef consisting of the part extending from the hock some distance up the leg; a shin of beef. Also more fully skink hough (cf. hough n. 3).
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts
tild1342
ox foota1398
oxtaila1425
neat's foot?c1450
beef-flick1462
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ox-tonguea1475
aitch-bone1486
fore-crop?1523
sirloin1525
mouse-piece1530
ox-cheek1592
neat's tongue1600
clod1601
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skink1631
neck beef1640
round1660
ox-heart1677
runner1688
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brisket-beef1697
griskin1699
sey1719
chuck1723
shin1736
gravy beef1747
baron of beef1755
prime rib1759
rump and dozen1778
mouse buttock1818
slifta1825
nine holes1825
spauld-piece1828
trembling-piece1833
shoulder-lyar1844
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plate1854
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bed1864
wing rib1883
roll1884
strip-loin1884
hind1892
topside1896
rib-eye1926
buttock meat1966
onglet1982
1631 Inventory & Acct. Bk. Ld. Buccleuch 25 Sept. For a skinke hoche.
1826 ‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. 49 Fat Brose. Boil an ox-head, or skink of beef, till an almost pure oil floats on the top.
1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 62 Until ye get your sowans, ne'er jow, Nor fash your skinks.
1892 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 249 Da half o' a reisted coo's head, an' twa skenk houghs.
1947 E. S. R. Tait Shetland Folk Bk. I. 71 Neers, reestid tees an' skenk hochs.
1966 Buchan Observer 25 Oct. 7 Lean sirloin, skink an' pot-roast.
2002 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 18 Sept. (Features section) 20 How many young people can make Scotch broth like they did then..made with a hunk of meat—usually a mutton shank, or rib of beef, or a piece of skink.
b. Shetland. The leg and loin of a pig, sheep, or other animal, used as food; spec. ham. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh
pestlea1425
leg?c1425
gigot1526
gybot1597
ham1650
leg joint1825
skinka1918
a1918 J. Jakobsen Etymol. Ordbog Norrøne Sprog Shetland (1921) 740/1 Skink, skinki [ham, loin, of an animal; inter alia wind-dried leg of mutton..; shank of an animal].
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† skinkn.3
Obsolete.
A person who serves something, or who waits upon others.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > tapster or barmaid
tapsterc1000
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shenkerc1440
trayer1473
tranter1500
skinker1575
lick-spigot1599
shot-shark1600
runner1601
skink1603
Hebe1606
Ganymede1608
squire of the gimlet1611
skinkard1615
bombard-man1616
bar-boy1631
faucet1631
tapstress1631
potman1652
barmaida1658
pot-boyc1662
tavern-drawer1709
tavern-boy1796
pot-girl1797
tap-boy1801
knight of the spigot1821
pewter-carrier1834
bartender1836
tap-waiter1836
barman1837
beer-boy1841
mixologist1856
bar-girl1857
mixer1858
gin slinger1871
swamper1907
tap-man1907
pot-woman1918
bar-staff1965
bar-person1976
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Ded. 33 O Skinck how blessed wert thou in his loue That drue thee on.
1786 Mrs. Johnson Francis I. 172 Mr. Francis and his companion had friends of every rank, from the humble skink to the dignified..doctor.
1833 E. Elliott Poet. Wks. (1876) I. 324 He, she, or it—‘swag's nifle, skink, or trull,’ Shall find a bed, or Wakefield's gaol is full!
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) In a family the person latest at breakfast is called the skink, or the skinker, and some domestic office is imposed or threatened for the day, such as ringing the bell, putting coal on the fire, or, in other cases, drawing the beer for the family.
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† skinkn.4
Obsolete. rare.
German ham; = schinken n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > ham
gammon?1521
skink1630
ham1650
schinkel1654
jambon1655
bacon-ham1796
schinken1848
Yorkshire ham1849
prosciutto crudo1855
picnic ham1890
prosciutto1891
York ham1897
Bradenham1906
short-cut1906
Prague ham1909
picnic1910
Parma ham1937
Black Forest1961
1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 12 He cares not for..the sawsedge of Bolognia, the skink of Westphalia.
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skinkn.5
/skɪŋk/, U.S. /skɪŋk/, Scottish English /skɪŋk/, Irish English /skɪŋk/ 1. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Drink, a draught; esp. alcohol that is weak or poor in quality. Also: (in singular and plural) a bout of drinking, esp. of a festive kind; a spree (obsolete). Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
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liquor1340
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barrelc1400
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lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
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fuddle1680
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tea1693
suck1699
guzzlea1704
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the right stuff1748
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demon1799
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poison1805
fogram1808
swizzle1813
gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
mother's milkc1821
skink1823
alcoholics1832
jough1834
alky1844
waipiro1845
medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
neck oil1860
lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. vi. 155 The wine!..puir, thin, fusionless skink it was.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 155 Weel you may see that siegin' host Had skaff and skink withouten cost.
1837 Laird of Logan 19 It's really a wonderfu' ransom o' siller to pay for a mouthfu' o' fresh air and a skink o' saut-water.
1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh xvi. 247 Jail beer was poor, thin skink for gentlemen who had drank claret after dinner every day for twenty years.
1882 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) IV. 251/2 Skink,..a draught, drink; also, a drinking bout, a booze. Clydes.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 126 Skinks, an old term applied to drink—or drinking around the imposing stone in order to celebrate some auspicious occasion.
a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 477/2 Skink, any weak drink such as treacle-ale.
2. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Thin gruel (usually as a drink); spec. = water gruel n. 1. Cf. skink n.2 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]
gruel1362
water gruel?c1450
cullisc1460
chicken brothc1540
coulis1603
barley-milk1607
maize-cream1626
chicken water1684
barley-cream1694
thin gruel1699
viper-broth1702
wangracea1733
barley-gruel1769
beef-tea1783
conjee1789
Revalenta1848
skink1880
toast-water1905
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 91 Skink, a mixture to drink.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods 129 For a' my rowth o' meat an' drink An' waste o' crumb, I'll mebbe have to thole wi' skink In Kingdom Come.
1900 Sc. Rev. Jan. 46 Breakfast..consisted of ‘skink’ or water-gruel, with fish, cold meat, eggs, collops or mutton.
1951 E. E. Evans Mourne Country 188 The old drinks—crowdy, posset and skink—made with water, sweet milk, buttermilk and oatmeal.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 308/1 Skink,..very thin porridge.
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skinkv.
/skɪŋk/, U.S. /skɪŋk/, Scottish English /skɪŋk/ Now Scottish and archaic.† 2. transitive. Scottish. To make a present of; to make over to another, renounce. Obsolete.
1. † b. transitive. To fill (a vessel) with alcoholic drink, to charge; to pour drink into (a cup, a bowl, etc.). Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To draw or pour out alcoholic drink; (also) to wait upon or serve with alcohol (a person or persons). Obsolete.
a. transitive. To draw or pour out (alcoholic drink), to decant; to offer or serve (wine, etc.) to a person.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)]
birleOE
drenchc1000
shenchOE
adrenchc1275
to drink to1297
tap1401
skinkc1405
propinec1450
brince?1567
liquor1575
to do right1600
dram1770
butler1826
jerk1868
to set up1880
drink1883
bartend1948
to break out1962
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Ellesmere) (1873) E. §4. l. 1722 Bacus the wyn hem skynketh al aboute.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ii. 90 In flacon and in skull Thai skynk the wyne.
1607 W. Barksted Mirrha sig. C7 The Queen of loue..Forc'd her to skinke so much, the iuice ran ore.
1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure iv. ii A drawer is my Ganymede: he shall skink Brisk nectar to us.
1724 A. Ramsay Health 40 That spendthrift Son of mine, Wha can on roasted Moorfowl dine, And like Dub-Water skink the Wine.
1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 221 They skinked the mead, and they skinked the wine.
a1835 W. Motherwell Poet. Wks. (1849) 120 Merry we skink That wholesome drink, Thorough the quiet of the midnight hour.
1899 J. Lumsden Edinb. Poems & Songs 130 Stout Scots drink to me skynk.
1920 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (1923) 176 They sought the flowery sweet, and filled their crocs; Mingled with dewdrops. And 't is this they skink. To all fay companies, in treen goblets.
1993 D. Paterson Nil Nil 50 She skinks a little rum into the cups.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > pour liquor into or fill with liquor
skinka1522
bumper1753
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ii. 62 Now skynk, and offer Iupiter cowpis full.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.ivv Now skinke your cups to Ioue, and great Anchises cheerely cal.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H Ile haue them skinck my standing bowles with wine.
1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. i. sig. H2v Skinke my parting Cup, and then Ime gone.
1804 R. Couper Poetry II. 89 The nourice skinks the sonsy cup.
a1835 W. Motherwell Poet. Wks. (1849) 36 So skink the can as maiden free, Then troll the merry bowl to me!
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (intransitive)] > serve drink
skink1591
tap1602
pour1906
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iv. f. 13 For that cause [they] called this newe citie by the name of Naloi, that is, skinck or poure in.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H2v Villaines why skinck you not vnto this fellow?
1630 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage in All Wks. i. 123/2 And No-body did drinke, and winke, and scinke.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 562 And then the Gods laught..outright, To see the lame and sooty Vulcan skink.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xiv. 425 Truce with your compliments and skink away, honest Tosilos.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue To skink, is to wait on the company, ring the bell, stir the fire, and snuff the candles; the duty of the youngest officer in a military mess.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Skink, to serve at table; particularly to serve the guests with drink.
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. vi. 300 Come crush a glass with..all this nice company. You have skinked quite long enough.
1852 tr. Whole Wks. King Alfred the Great II. 373 The woman..bore drink to the bishop, and ministered and skinked to us all, until the banquet was ended.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as a present or make a present of
giveOE
putc1330
skink1508
bestow1535
gift1619
donate1845
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another
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to turn in1822
1508 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) I. 117 Vpoun his gude warkmaneschip and gyding thai skynk him the tymmer of the auld ruf.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1848) lxxxv. 156 If this had not been, I would have skinked over and foregone my part of paradise and salvation, for a breakfast of dead, moth-eaten earth.
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > filled (of vessel)
skinked1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mesciuto, skinkt, powred or filde wine.
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