Meaning & use
Skean
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A traditional Scottish or Irish dagger or short knife, especially one worn tucked into a sock as part of Highland dress.
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The piper's skean dhu was tucked neatly into the top of his sock.
Museum visitors admired the ornate silver hilt of the antique skean.
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From the Gaelic sgian, meaning knife; 'skean dhu' literally means 'black knife.'
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