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slank |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slank \Slank\, imp. & p. p. of {Slink}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slink \Slink\, v. t. [imp. {Slunk}, Archaic {Slank}; p. p. {Slunk}; p. pr & vb n. {Slinking}.] [AS. slincan probably akin to G. schleichen E. sleek. See {Sleek}, a.] 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.
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