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
It was very quiet, until Rakhal added, in a gentle and curiously moderate voice, "Do you still carry a skean, Race?"
From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
The hilt of his skean was carved from a single green gem.
From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
One guard pushed my skean back into its clasp.
From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
