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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]To slink away and hide.[b8] --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. | |
