skean
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
Origin of skean
1- Also skene [skeen] /skin/ .
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How to use skean in a sentence
And meddling with a street-shrine would be just as dangerous as the skeans of my three loud-mouthed Dry-town roughnecks.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyWe all carry skeans, but I don't think there's a shocker in the whole camp, let alone a gun.
The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyA dozen swords and skeans blazed out upon him, and he fell, pierced by three or four of his entertainers at once.
The Story Of Ireland | Emily LawlessThe very women were exhorted by their spiritual directors to carry skeans.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe Desmond clansmen were not soldiers; they were unarmed, or armed only with spears and skeans.
The Story Of Ireland | Emily Lawless
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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