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

I edged backward, my own hand racing up for a skean I hadn't carried in six years, and fronted them squarely, hoping I could face down the prospect of a roughhouse.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

It is my grandfather's skean dhu," he said: "I mend my pens with it, you know!

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

The second lump was a skean, and unlike the worn and shabby garments, this was brand-new and sharp and bright, and its edge held a razor glint.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer