Angus, in short, although they had made him a clergyman, would, it was believed by those who knew him, have carried his skean dhu with him to the pulpit.
The distinguishing characteristic of the bronze dagger or skean from Lagore (fig.
We went down in a tangle of flailing legs and arms, and in less than a second he had his skean out and I was gripping his wrist, trying desperately to force the blade away from my throat.
The hilt of his skeanwas carved from a single green gem.
I thrust myself between them and put my hand on theskean again.
It seemed empty, except for a few sodden derelicts sprawled in doorways--the Street of the Six Shepherds is a filthy slum--but I made sure my skean was loose.
Kyral's face changed as she spoke; he drew a long breath and threw the whip down beside my skean on the floor.
Between my grappling hand he twisted and I felt the skean drive home, rip through my jacket with a tearing sound; felt the thin fine line of touch, not pain yet, as it sliced flesh.
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.
Brian, and dropping his sword, but holding his skean firmly, he hurdled the stern-walk railing and leaped.
He had seen women fighting at Drogheda and he had seen them in other places as he rode to the rest, for in those days many a woman took her slain lord's skean fada and drew blood for Ireland before she was cut down.
Brian caught the snarl on the other's pallid face, and struck savagely; O'Donnell parried the blow with his skean and returned it, but Brian warded with his left arm and swept down his blade.
A skean went home in Cathbarr's horse, however, and the giant plunged down, but with that Brian spurred and went at the O'Donnells with the point of his blade.
Not, however, before poor Reginald was stabbed in the right chest with a skean dhu, the little dagger that kilted Highlanders wear in their right stocking.
Here, underneath it, was found a Highlander's skean dhu (stocking dirk).
During their combat, however, some of Macpherson's gillies approached the spot; and Cameron perceived them nearing him with kindling eyes, and holding in their impatient hands the skean dhu half unsheathed.
From his belt depended some instruments, with the use of which Macpherson was entirely unacquainted; together with a skean dhu of exquisite and uncommon workmanship.
Foaming with disappointed rage, Macpherson sprung from the ground, snatched a skean dhu from one of his prostrated followers, and shouting, "Revenge!
I saw you take a skeanfrom between your teeth as I turned round," replied Shawn, "and I know now that you are a villain and a treacherous ruffian, who would take a cowardly advantage of me if you could.
They all wore the truis, the brogue, and beneath the cloaks which covered them were concealed the celebrated Irish skeanor mid-dogue, so that at the first glance they presented the appearance of men who were in a peaceful garb and unarmed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "skean" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
