Dictionary entry

SKINK

Webster's Dictionary 1828

SKINK, noun

1. Drink; pottage.

2. (Latin 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.

SKINK, verb intransitive To bestow, to make a present. To serve drink.