skean

skean

 (skēn)
n.
A double-edged dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.

[Middle English skene, from Irish Gaelic scian, from Old Irish scían; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
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skean

(skiːn)
n
(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a kind of double-edged dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland
[from Irish and Scottish Gaelic scian]
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skean

(skin, ˈski ən)

n.
a knife or dagger.
[1520–30; < Scottish Gaelic sgian or Irish scian]
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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services initiated an investigation and classified the allegation as "indicated, meaning that there is sufficient credible evidence to substantiate the allegation of child abuse or neglect," explained Neil Skean, special assistant to the DCFS director, in an email.
He was given a full kilt outfit to wear for the occasion - complete with sporran and skean dhu - by Heart radio DJ Paul Harper.
He now lives and dresses as Andy the Highlander, complete with plaid, Highland bonnet, a brace of flintlock pistols, skean dhu, Brown Bess musket and, of course, a trusty claymore.
Western intelligence suggested that the missile was designed to use a variant of the RD-216 liquid-propellant rocket motor originally developed for the Russian SS-5 Skean missile.
Whoever stumps up the cash for West Skean Island will get to choose to live in one of four recently renovated traditional stone cottages.
Rather than being a night of the long knives, Mr Kennedy described it as being the "the night of long skean dhus", referring to the ceremonial daggers worn as part of traditional Highland dress While he said his problem with alcohol had been "resolved", rumours about his drinking continued - most recently with some questioning his condition when he appeared on the BBC's Question Time programme in March this year.
Like previous case examples (e.g., Skean, 2005), the current intervention was composed of a combination of supportive and insight-oriented elements.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The weapons Reach (in miles) IRBM (SS-5, Skean) 2,800 MRBM (SS-4, Sandal) 1,200 I1-28 (Beagle) 750 SSM (Luna, FKR) 30-100 SA-2 25
Dan Skean, Jr., Albion College, Department of Biology, Albion, MI 49224
Margaret, 41, who also makes key rings and sheaths for Skean Dhus, said she decided to restart the family business after discovering there was a growing market for the old Scottish belt.
Judd WS, Skean Jr JD (1991) Taxonomic studies in Miconieae (Melastoamtaceae).