skeans

And meddling with a street-shrine would be just as dangerous as the skeans of my three loud-mouthed Dry-town roughnecks.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

We all carry skeans, but I don't think there's a shocker in the whole camp, let alone a gun.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

The skeans snicked back into the clasps of their cloaks.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

The Desmond followers had been for the most part armed only with skeans and spears, much as their ancestors had been under Brian Boru.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

A dozen swords and skeans blazed out upon him, and he fell, pierced by three or four of his entertainers at once.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

The Desmond clansmen were not soldiers; they were unarmed, or armed only with spears and skeans.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

Under him the wild horsemen and "naked knaves," armed only with skeans and darts, sent terror into the breast of their armour-clad antagonists.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

Rapparees armed with skeans, stakes, and half pikes, who crowded to look upon the deliverer of their race.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

The very women were exhorted by their spiritual directors to carry skeans.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

On the tenth of September the royal standard of James was unfurled on the tower of Drogheda; and beneath it were soon collected twenty thousand fighting men, the infantry generally bad, the cavalry generally good, but both infantry and cavalry full of zeal for their country and their religion, [440] The troops were attended as usual by a great multitude of camp followers, armed with scythes, half pikes, and skeans.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829