SLANK

Verb

slank

simple past tense and past participle of slink

• Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole

Anagrams

• Lanks, lanks

Source: Wiktionary


Slank,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Slink.

SLINK

Slink, v. t. [imp. Slunk, Archaic Slank (; p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] Etym: [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.

Slink, v. t.

Definition: To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.

Slink, a.

1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.

2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]

Slink, n.

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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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