skean

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

See skein.

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

Obsolete form of skein.

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