n. (Scots Law) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Trade name, fr. kainite. ] Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; recent. ] (Min.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Cenozoic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Skein. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Skean. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 his skainsmates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]