Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SKINK
SKINK, n. [Sax. scenc.]
- Drink; pottage. [Obs.] – Bacon.
- [L. 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. – Ed. Encyc.
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