sleck

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verb

To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.

“to sleck lime”

OriginMiddle English slecken ← Old Norse slekkja ← Proto-Germanic *slakjaną →
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Meanings

verbsleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked)

present singular third person slecks · participle present slecking · participle past slecked · past slecked · alternative slekk

  1. alternativeAlternative form of slake.

    to sleck lime

  2. dialectalTo slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
  3. ScotlandTo groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)lēg-“weak, faint, limp”
  2. Proto-Germanic*slakjaną
  3. Old Norseslekkja
  4. Middle Englishslecken
  5. Englishsleck

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”).

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“sleck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleck.

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