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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skink \Skink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk[aum]ka, Dan. skienke, AS. scencan, D. & G. schenken. As. scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank, a hollow bone being supposed to have been used to draw off liquor from a cask. [root]161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion.] To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley. [1913 Webster]