skains mate

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• Skainsmate — Skains mate , n. [Perhaps originally, a companion in winding thread (see {Skein}), or a companion in arms, from skain a sword (see {Skean}).] A messmate; a companion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt gills; I am none of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English