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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Schlich  \Schlich\,  n.  [G.;  akin  to  LG  slick  mud,  D.  slijk,  MHG. 
  sl[imac]ch.]  (Metal.) 
  The  finer  portion  of  a  crushed  ore,  as  of  gold,  lead,  or  tin, 
  separated  by  the  water  in  certain  wet  processes.  [Written 
  also  {slich},  {slick}.] 

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