Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ans of distinguishing race is dealt with atEthnology. Peculiarities in the skins of variousanimals are treated in the articles on those animals( Hippopotami s, Khinoceros, &c.). For skins asarticles of commerce, see Furs, Leather. Forthe stuffing of animals, see T.\xidermy. Skin-casting is a popular term for processeswhich vary not a little in degree and even in most cases the outer layer of the eiiidermis tendsto die away, and is separated oileither very gradu-ally and in small jiieces at a time, or in largeshreds, or i
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ans of distinguishing race is dealt with atEthnology. Peculiarities in the skins of variousanimals are treated in the articles on those animals( Hippopotami s, Khinoceros, &c.). For skins asarticles of commerce, see Furs, Leather. Forthe stuffing of animals, see T.\xidermy. Skin-casting is a popular term for processeswhich vary not a little in degree and even in most cases the outer layer of the eiiidermis tendsto die away, and is separated oileither very gradu-ally and in small jiieces at a time, or in largeshreds, or in a continuous slough (see Snakes).The moulting of feathers and the casting of hairare analogous. In the moulting or ecdysis ofCrustaceans and other Arthropoils, what is castis the cuticle—a product of the underlying eijider-mis. See Crab, Crayfish, Crustacea. !>tkillk (Hcinmis officuialis), an African lizard,which lives in sandy places, and burrows with greatrapidity. It is from six to eight inches long,generally of a reddish-dun colour, with darker. Skink [Scinciu officinalit). transverse bands, a wedge-shaped head, and fourrather strong limbs. For ages it has been in greatrepute for imaginary medicinal virtues; it waslargely impcuted on this account into ancientHome, and is still in high esteem in the East,dried skiiiks finding a ready sah^ in many ]daces,as Cairo and Alexamlria. Then- is almost nodis(!ase for which skink-powder Irn-s not beensupposed to be a cure. The Skink is typicalof the family Scincida-, of which Eumeces with SKINNER SKOBELEFF 489 well-developed legs, Seps with very weak legs,Nessia with nidiiiientaiy legs, Aooini:Ls with nolegs are lepicsentative genera. In many there arewell-developed hony scutes beneath the roundedscales. See LlZ.\RDS. Skilllior. John, the author of Tullochgorum,wa--* lioin in the parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire,3d Octoher 1721, the son of the sehoolniaster graduated at seventeen at .\berdeen, taughtin the parish schools
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