säkä — meaning in English

English meaning

• gleek noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
• withers noun The ridge between a four-legged animal's shoulder blades, usually the tallest part of its back and used to measure its height.

Senses

säkä is used for these senses in English:

• Saka The Iranian language of the Saka people.
• gleek (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
• withers The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]

gleek — full definition

1. noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
2. noun Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

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