skean
Example Sentences
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He described the defeat as "the night of long skean dhus".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2015
Last week at 98 he was the oldest Highland chieftain, with tasseled sporran and a jeweled skean dhus dirk in his stocking.
From Time Magazine Archive
One guard pushed my skean back into its clasp.
From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The hilt of his skean was carved from a single green gem.
From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
I had my skean handy, but I had a hunch this wasn't anything I could settle with a skean.
From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
