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Webster 1913 Edition
Slink
Slink
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Slunk
, Archaic
Slank
; p. p.
Slunk
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slinking
.] 1.
To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
“To slink away and hide.” Tale of Beryn.
Back to the thicket
The guilty serpent.
slunk
The guilty serpent.
Milton.
There were some few who
slank
obliquely from them as they passed. Landor.
2.
To miscarry; – said of female beasts.
Slink
,Verb.
T.
To cast prematurely; – said of female beasts;
as, a cow that
. slinks
her calfSlink
,Adj.
1.
Produced prematurely;
as, a
. slink
calf2.
Thin; lean.
[Scot.]
Slink
,Noun.
1.
The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
2.
A thievish fellow; a sneak.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Slink
SLINK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To sneak; to creep away meanly; to steal away. He would pinch the children in the dark, and then slink into a corner.2.
To miscarry, as a beast.SLINK
,Verb.
T.
SLINK
,Noun.