\Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
{scink}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family {Scincid[ae]}, common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
Note: 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. sk["a]ka, 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. [root]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.

\Skink\, v. i.
To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]

\Skink\, n.
Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.