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

From his belt depended some instruments, with the use of which Macpherson was entirely unacquainted; together with a skean dhu of exquisite and uncommon workmanship.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

It seemed empty, except for a few sodden derelicts sprawled in doorways—the Street of the Six Shepherds is a filthy slum—but I made sure my skean was loose.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

The other sop resorted to by these fellows is the middogue, or skean, and, as they contrive to manage its application, it is the surer of the two.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William