No man dared to present himself at mass without some weapon, a pike, a long knife called a skean, or, at the very least, a strong ashen stake, pointed and hardened in the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference

The hilt of his skean was carved from a single green gem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I moved backward, hand on my skean, braced for a sudden rush.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

Rakhal whirled and with a quick jerk he pulled the skean loose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I slipped the safety clasp from the hilt of my skean and went after him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I had my skean handy, but I had a hunch this wasn't anything I could settle with a skean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

Suddenly, so swiftly my eyes could hardly follow, he whipped out his skean and came at me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

For a while I travelled around with a skean dhu which had a sheath and a special bit for scaling fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fruit with a Knife: A Home Cook Cuts Up] Reference

Kyral's face changed as she spoke; he drew a long breath and threw the whip down beside my skean on the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

It was very quiet, until Rakhal added, in a gentle and curiously moderate voice, "Do you still carry a skean, Race?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I buckled the final clasp of my shirtcloak, fitted my skean another notch into it, and counted the money Mack had advanced me for expenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

The second lump was a skean, and unlike the worn and shabby garments, this was brand-new and sharp and bright, and its edge held a razor glint.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I had come to settle one feud, not involve myself in another, but even while these lightning thoughts flickered in my mind, I had whipped out my skean and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I edged backward, my own hand racing up for a skean I hadn't carried in six years, and fronted them squarely, hoping I could face down the prospect of a roughhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

Stick a skean in his hose -- wear an acre of stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense] Reference

Stick a skean in his hose -- wear an acre of stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bab Ballads] Reference

It is the only thing I could get, but I sharpened it myself; it has an edge like a skean. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Purcell Papers — Volume 3] Reference

A wee bit clamsheuchar wi 'my Lochaper axe, or a brog wi' my skean-dhu, will make them quate aneuch, my letty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference

Shawn's afforded his opponent time to bring out his skean, -- two weapons which differed very little except in name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference

It is the only thing I could get, but I sharpened it myself; it has an edge like a skean.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Purcell Papers] Reference

I saw refusal in her face and pushed on, "If Evarin's there, I'll prove he's fallible enough with a skean in his throat!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

"It is my grandfather's skean dhu," he said: "I mend my pens with it, you know!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donal Grant, by George MacDonald] Reference

I cannot bring my carbine with me; but even so -- we will have a tug for it with my skean. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference

His skean flicked loose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

He did not touch his skean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I roused, my hand on my skean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

"Pick up your skean," said Kyral.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I whipped out my skean and pantomimed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

My skean rattled down from numb fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I threw my skean away before I came here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I whipped out my skean and slashed upward.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I tore it away and struck hard with the skean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

One guard pushed my skean back into its clasp.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

I got up and kicked the fallen skean toward him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference

"Put your skean in his guts, Spilkar!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Door Through Space] Reference