skinking

[sking-king]

adjective Scot.

(of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.

Origin of skinking

First recorded in 1575–85; skink² + -ing²

skink

[skingk]

verb (used with object) Scot. Dialect.

to serve (a beverage).

Origin of skink

1350–1400; Middle English skynken < Middle Dutch schenken, schinken; cognate with Old English scencan, German schenken

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That feat does not hinder them from their skinking, and it blunts not their intelligence thereat.
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British Dictionary definitions for skinking

skink

noun

any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scalesRelated adjective: scincoid

Word Origin for skink

C16: from Latin scincus a lizard, from Greek skinkos

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Word Origin and History for skinking

skink

1580s, from Middle French scinc (Modern French scinque), from Latin scincus, from Greek skinkos, some kind of lizard common in Asia and North Africa, of unknown origin.