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Definition of the verb Slicken
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verb - inflections: slickened | slickening | slickens
- [transitive] To make slick.
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by Samuel Johnson
English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal Etymological Dictionary" of Nathaniel Bailey (1883)
by Nathan Bailey
To Slicken [alichtc, Belg. achlichten, Teut.] to smooth or make slick. Slim, slender. Slim [of Schlim, Sax. 0thlitti, Teut.] naughty, crafty. Lincolnsh. A SUnk [of elank, Belg.] a Cast Calf. Slither, slippery. Cham. To Slive [of 0laeber, Dan.] to creep, or ...
Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1889)
A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, with Maps and Numerous Wood Engravings
SLICKEN. SIDES—. SLIGO. SLIGO— SLOTH. SLOTTING-HACHINE— SLUK. SLUTSK— SMALLPOX. SMELT— SMITH. SMITH. SMITH—. 286. r.hrc-ii ened at liome leil, after a few indecisive engagements had hi'rn fought, to the withdrawal of ...
by Winfred Philipp Lehmann
Also with movable $-: OI ileikja, MLG slicken wkv lick; ...
by Joseph Wright
SLICKEN, adj. and v. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Shr. Also written slick'n s.Lan.1 ; sliken Shr.1 ; and in form slichen Lan. [sli'kan.] L adj. Slippery; smooth; sleek ; bright, polished, shining. Cf. slick ...
Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects
by Nathan Bailey
tlC tjten, to slicken ] smoothness. SU'DINGfin Mechan.Ja motion when tfio s-nic point of a body, moving along • surface, describes a line on that styr- .
Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum; or, A general English dictionary. To which is added, a collection of words and phrases made use of in our ancient statutes &c (1715)
by John Kersey
lannftra, Immiartw or laxmcrs, small Ship-ropes that serve to slicken or make stiff the Shrowdi, Chain.-, &c lanCHtor D»tpljin-li3t8t, a Pear abo.it the bigness of a Bergamot, ripe about the end of OBotor. lanse(J«ent, ...
by Norman Hyne Ph.D.
slicken a chemical used to reduce fluid drag in a pipeline slickenside a polished or smooth surface along a fault plane formed by friction during movement of the fault sides.
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