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 thrust myself between them and put my hand on the skean again.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

I buckled the final clasp of my shirtcloak, fitted my skean another notch into it, and counted the money Mack had advanced me for expenses.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

It is the only thing I could get, but I sharpened it myself; it has an edge like a skean.'

From The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan