Skinking
adjective, Scot.
1.
(of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.
verb (used with object), Scot. Dialect.
1.
to serve (a beverage).
noun
1.
any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scales related adjective scincoid
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