skink /skɪŋk/noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish. •(Scotland) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients. •(Scotland, Northern-England) A shin of beef. •(Scotland, no longer used) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.For there are in the Flesh , Bones , Skinnes , organs , and the severall limbes of the living body : such spirits as are in the Flesh , Bone , and Skinke , beeing separated — 1623 •(no longer used) A drink. verb2 •(Scotland) To serve (a drink).Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day. — 1640 •(Scotland, no longer used) To give (something) as a present. formsskinked · skinking · skinks
