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

The hilt of his skean was carved from a single green gem.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

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 Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Irish, a vagabond; shillelagh, Irish, a cudgel; skain, skean, Sc.,

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)