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n. A double-edged dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.

n. Obsolete form of skein.

n. A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland

n. A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]

n. See skein.

n. A dagger; specifically, an ancient form of dagger found in Ireland, usually of bronze, double-edged, and more or less leafshaped, and thus distinguished from the different forms of the seax, or broad-backed knife.

"a knife the Scotch highlanders call a skean-dhu, sharp-pointed as a needle, sharp-edged as a razor, and with one blow of it he had cleft her heart, and she never cried or laughed any more in that body whose charms she had degraded to the vile servitude of her vanity."

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