SKINK

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch schenken; akin to Old English scencan to pour out drink and probably to scanca shank Date: 15th century to draw, pour out, or serve (drink), II. noun Etymology: Latin scincus, from Greek ~os Date: 1590 any of a family (Scincidae) of typically small insectivorous lizards with long tapering bodies