skink

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SKINK, noun 1. Drink; pottage. 2. (Latin scincus) A small lizard of Egypt; also, the common name of a genus of lizards, with a long body entirely covered with rounded imbricate scales, all natives of warm climates. SKINK, verb intransitive To bestow, to make a present. To serve drink.
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