Definition of skinks:
(n) :
A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.
(n) :
(Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
(n) :
(chiefly Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
(n) :
(chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
(v) :
(ambitransitive, Scotland) To serve (a drink).
(v) :
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give (something) as a present.