sleeking

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Verb

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sleeking

  1. present participle and gerund of sleek

Noun

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sleeking (plural sleekings)

  1. A process of making smooth or glossy.
    • 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer:
      Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
      Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
      And your face smooth with ointments []
    • 2009, William John Smith, The Behavior of Communicating: An Ethological Approach, page 66:
      Some inconspicuous fluffings and sleekings of its plumage may serve as visible displays, yet are sufficiently subtle that a human observer detects them only with difficulty []

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