Skin, v. i. 1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
2. To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another
for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc.,
which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]
Skin"bound` (?), a. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the
flesh; hidebound.
Skinbound disease. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under Sclerema.
Skinch (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Skinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Skinching.] [Cf. Scant.] To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in
order to effect a saving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Skin"-deep` (?), a. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
Lowell.
Skin"flint` (?), n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a
niggard. Sir W. Scott.
Skin"ful (?), n.; pl. Skinfuls (&?;). As much as a skin can hold.
Skink (?), n. [L. scincus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] [Written also scink.]
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family Scincidæ, common in the warmer parts of all the
continents.
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 (E. fasciatus) of the
Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard (Oligosoma
laterale) inhabits the Southern United States.
Skink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking.]
[Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. skäka, 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. √161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion.] To draw or serve, as
drink. [Obs.]
Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about.
Chaucer.
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.
Shirley.