Skinking

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skink⋅ing

[sking-king]

–adjective Scot.

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

Origin:
1575–85; skink ² + -ing ²

2 [skingk]

–verb (used with object) Scot. Dialect.

to serve (a beverage).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME skynken < MD schenken, schinken; c. OE scencan, G schenken

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Word Origin & History

skink

1590, from M.Fr. scinc, from L. scincus, from Gk. skinkos, a kind of lizard common in Asia and N.Africa, of unknown origin.

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