Crossword-Solution: SKEAN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Skean | n. | A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SKEAN | anagram | KANES, KEANS, SNAKE, SNEAK |
We have 24 clues for the answer “SKEAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Scottish words dagger | 1 answer |
| Scottish dirk | 1 answer |
| Scot's sword. | 1 answer |
| Old-time dagger of Scotland and Ireland. | 1 answer |
| Dagger formerly used in Scotland | 1 answer |
| Dagger of old Ireland. | 1 answer |
| Dagger or dirk | 1 answer |
| Double edged dagger | 1 answer |
| Gaelic dagger. | 1 answer |
| Highland dagger, ___ dhu | 1 answer |
| Old Scottish dagger | 1 answer |
| Old Irish dagger | 1 answer |
| Old Irish hunting knife | 1 answer |
| knife ancient | 2 answers |
| ancient knife | 2 answers |
| Old dagger. | 2 answers |
| Irish dagger | 2 answers |
| Dagger of yore | 2 answers |
| Double-edged dagger | 2 answers |
| Ancient dagger. | 2 answers |
| SCOTTISH dagger | 4 answers |
| dagger Scottish words | 11 answers |
| Dirk | 13 answers |
| Dagger | 32 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SKEAN (5)
Shaykh Furayj, delighted with the gift, in addition to his pay, of a Styrian skean-dhu and an Austrian Werndl-carbine, at once set off to rejoin the tribe up-country; while the Sayyid steadfastly stayed with us to the last.
Their fronts are hidden by hangings of tartan cloth; the windows are decked with sporrans, dirks, cairngorm plaid-brooches, ram's-head snuff-boxes, bullocks' horns and skean dhus.
They all wore the _truis_, the brogue, and beneath the cloaks which covered them were concealed the celebrated Irish skean or mid-dogue, so that at the first glance they presented the appearance of men who were in a peaceful garb and unarmed.
The other sop resorted to by these fellows is the middogue, or skean, and, as they contrive to manage its application, it is the surer of the two.
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.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1957–2002).