skink

IPA: skˈɪŋk

noun

  • (Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
  • (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
  • (chiefly Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) A drink.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To serve (a drink).
  • (transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give (something) as a present.
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Examples of "skink" in Sentences

  • This skink is agile and energetic.
  • I'll take a look at that skink, too.
  • Skinks are the artisans of the Lizardmen.
  • The Metallic Skink is present on the island.
  • The only reptile present is the Metallic Skink.
  • It is commonly known as the coastal tree skink.
  • It is the largest known extant species of skink.
  • Approximately 45% of skink species are viviparous.
  • HANNA: A skink is a lizard, but it's a prehensile tail.
  • Thanks for the corrections at the Noronha skink article.
  • Rabbits are present as well as the Metallic Skink and hite's Skink.
  • mcz: Oh, and one of the things I noticed about the skink was the concrete.
  • But the idea of skink control in a space as large as a ladies 'room is frightening.
  • This particular individual had 4 upper labial scales, which would make it a five-lined skink.
  • It is either the common five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) or the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps).
  • Although cullen skink relies upon a certain amount of milk or cream to give it richness, when and how much to add varies wildly.
  • Of the animals that move about on the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.
  • It's utterly delicious – the fish has flavoured the milk beautifully – but so rich that I can only imagine eating it in tiny, restaurant portions, rather than the big steaming bowls I think cullen skink deserves.
  • Rice is nice – think paella, or kedgeree – but this is one of those rare and beautiful unions where both parties shine brighter in each other's company: from poached salmon and Jersey royals to Jansson's temptation and cullen skink, the combination just works.
  • The New York Times claims it comes from the Middle High German word for a weak beer, which seems to make some of sense for a thin soup, but the Oxford Companion to Food counters that it's a variation of the German "schinke", or ham, denoting a shin specifically: "so the archetypal skink is a soup made from shin of beef".

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