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Definition of Skinking

Skinking
Skink Skink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk["a]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.] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer. Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley.

Meaning of Skinking from wikipedia

- Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different...
- Variable skink may denote either of two different skinks: Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus, the southern subspecies of the many-lined skink from North...
- Cullen skink is a thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions. An authentic Cullen skink will use finnan haddie, but it may be prepared...
- Mountain skink may refer to: Chalcides mont**** from Morocco Liopholis montana from continental Australia Plestiodon callicephalus from Arizona, New Mexico...
- Tribolonotus gracilis, commonly known as the red-e**** crocodile skink, is a species of skink that is endemic to New Guinea, where it lives in tropical rainforest...
- The fire skink (Mochlus fernandi or Riopa fernandi), also known commonly as Fernand's skink, the Togo fire skink, and the true fire skink, is a fairly...
- Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...
- The prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) is a species of skink endemic to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is one of...
- The terror skink (Phoboscincus bocourti), also called commonly Bocourt's terrific skink, Bocourt's eyelid skink and Bocourt's skink, is a species of lizard...
- The western skink (Plestiodon skiltoni****) is a species of small, smooth-scaled lizard with relatively small limbs. It measures about 100 to 210 mm (about...