SKINK (2)

skink (2). Skink, n. any thing potable; v.i. to serve drink, ob.

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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. Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. Chaucer. Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. Shirley.