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Definition: SKEAN |
SKEANNoun1. A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] |
Note: Skean \Skean\, noun. [Ir sgian; akin to Gaelic sgian, Welsh ysgien large knife, scimiter.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SKEAN |
| English words defined with "SKEAN": Skain, Skeine, Skene. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SKEAN": Skainsmate. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
skean dhu | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SKEAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | къса шотландска кама. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eanskay puñal (dagger, Dirk, poniard, skene, snickersnee). (various references) süslü hançer. (various references) гаельський кинджал (skene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SKEAN": skeane, skeanes, skeans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ean": bean, Dean, gean, JEAN, Sean. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kanes, snake, sneak. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-n-s" | |
-1 letter: anes, kaes, kane, keas, kens, sake, sane, sank. | |
-2 letters: ane, ask, ens, kae, kas, kea, ken, nae, sae, sea, sen, ska. | |
-3 letters: ae, an, as, en, es, ka, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-n-s" | |
+1 letter: akenes, ankles, kenafs, kinase, knaves, kneads, pekans, shaken, skeane, skeans, snaked, snakes, snakey, sneaks, sneaky, wakens. | |
+2 letters: alkanes, alkenes, alkines, alkynes, anankes, anklets, ankuses, askance, awakens, bankers, cankers, dankest, darkens, deskman, embanks, hankers, hankies, harkens, intakes, kalends, kamseen, khazens, kinases, kinemas, knawels, krakens, kyanise, lankest, rankers, rankest, rankles, shanked, sinkage, skeanes, slacken, snacked, snakier, sneaked, sneaker, sokeman, spanked, spanker, swanked, swanker, tankers, unasked, uncakes, unmakes, unspeak, weakens. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4B 45 41 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.- . .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001011 01000101 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S K E A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004B 0045 0041 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5345393548 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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