skerwink n also scurwink, spurwink. Cp OED skirwingle 'bird' (1610). See SEARY 280 for var spellings. Shearwater, esp in place-names; HAGDOWN (Puffinus spp).
[1689] 1971 SEARY 280 Sherwink Point. [1873] ibid 286 Spurwink Island. 1925 Dial Notes v, 341 Scurwink—a kind of seabird ... haigdown. 1953 Nfld & Lab Pilot ii, 94 Skerwink rocks ... lie about 2½ cables eastward of Skerwink head.
