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skink n. 小蜥蜴,石龍子 小蜥蜴,石龍子 skink n 1: 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 [ synonym: { skink}, { scincid}, { scincid lizard}] Skink \ Skink\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Skinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Skinking}.] [ Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk[ aum] 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.] [ 1913 Webster] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. -- Shirley. [ 1913 Webster]
Skink \ Skink\, v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Skink \ Skink\, n. Drink; also, pottage. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Skink \ Skink\, n. [ L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [ Written also { scink}.] ( Zool.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family { Scincidae}, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The officinal skink ({ Scincus officinalis}) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species ({ Seps tridactylus}) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus { Eumeces}, as the blue- tailed skink ({ Eumeces fasciatus}) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard ({ Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster]
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