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Webster 1913 Edition


Slink

Slink

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Slunk
,
Archaic
Slank
;
p. p.
Slunk
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slinking
.]
[AS.
slincan
; probably akin to G.
schleichen
, E.
sleek
. See
Sleek
,
Adj.
]
1.
To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
“To slink away and hide.”
Tale of Beryn.
Back to the thicket
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 calf
.

Slink

,
Adj.
1.
Produced prematurely;
as, a
slink
calf
.
2.
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.
pret. and pp. slunk.
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.
To cast prematurely; to miscarry of; as the female of a beast.

SLINK

,
Noun.
Produced prematurely, as the young of a beast.

Definition 2024


šlink

šlink

See also: slink

Upper Sorbian

Noun

šlink m

  1. snail