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English
Etymology
From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).
Verb
sleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked)
- Alternative form of slake
- to sleck lime
- (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
- (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.