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 threw my skean away before I came here.
From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
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
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
