sleck

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (to extinguish, quench, slake), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (to slake), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (weak, faint, limp). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (to make slack or slow, delay).

Verb

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sleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked)

  1. Alternative form of slake
    to sleck lime
  2. (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
  3. (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.
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