skean
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
Origin of skean
1- Also skene [skeen] /skin/ .
Words Nearby skean
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How to use skean in a sentence
Kyral's face changed as she spoke; he drew a long breath and threw the whip down beside my skean on the floor.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyThe big lunk made a grab at the girl, and I whipped out my skean and pantomimed.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleySuddenly, so swiftly my eyes could hardly follow, he whipped out his skean and came at me.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyIt is the only thing I could get, but I sharpened it myself; it has an edge like a skean.'
The Purcell Papers | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuFor an instant the shock drove the breath out of Brian, then he felt a hand close on his throat, and struck out with his skean.
Nuala O'Malley | H. Bedford-Jones
British Dictionary definitions for skean
/ (skiːn) /
a kind of double-edged dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland
Origin of skean
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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