sleeking

English

Verb

sleeking

1. present participle and gerund of sleek

Noun

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 […]

Anagrams

• Keelings, Keesling, keelings