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skene
[ skee-nee ]
noun
- (in the ancient Greek theater) a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given.
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Skene ('Celtic Scotland,' i. 116, note) gives a critical account of the various biographies of Gildas.
Dr. Skene, who left town in 1753 in the same fashion, reached Edinburgh in nineteen days.
Well, I couldn't disappoint him after his being so kind to me—Mrs. Skene had made as much of me as if I was her own son.
A dozen others were trying to bring him to his senses, remonstrating with him on his conduct, or trying to pacify Skene.
Skene ceased eating to see his wife read, a feat which was to him one of the wonders of science.
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