SKINK


Meaning of SKINK in English

I. ˈskiŋk 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

chiefly dialect : to draw, pour out, or serve (drink)

II. noun

Etymology: Latin scincus, from Greek skinkos

Date: 1590

: any of a family (Scincidae) of typically small insectivorous lizards with long tapering bodies

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.