different between skeg vs sken

English

Etymology

From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg; compare Swedish skog. Compare also shaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

skeg (plural skegs)

1. (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
2. (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
3. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
4. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
5. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).

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6. (obsolete) A kind of oat.
   • 1842, Cuthbert William Johnson, The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs

     SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.

Translations

References

• skeg at OneLook Dictionary Search
• skeg in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• kegs

English

Etymology

Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?n/

Verb

sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

1. (Northern English) to squint
   • 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:

     She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.

   • 1861, Edwin Waugh, "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":

     He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.

2. (Northern English) to glance

References

Anagrams

• kens, neks, snek

Old Saxon

Verb

sk?n

1. first/third-person past indicative of skinan

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?n/

Noun

sken n

1. an appearance; guise

   skenet bedrar

   the appearance may fool you

2. a (strong) light

   månens matta sken

   the dim light of the moon

3. bolting

Declension

Related terms

• månsken
• norrsken
• skenbar
• skenmanöver
• skina
• solsken

Verb

sken

1. past tense of skina.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skin, from skína, whence skiin.

Noun

sken n

1. drought

Derived terms

• skenjol