slock

plural slocks

1. Northern EnglandScotlandA draught; a gulp.

   A slock of wine.

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   Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?

   1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts: Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s standard library edition, New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French, Inc., →OCLC, act I, scene II.B, page 15

present singular third person slocks · participle present slocking · participle past slocked · past slocked

1. Northern EnglandScotlandTo swallow, gulp.

present singular third person slocks · participle present slocking · participle past slocked · past slocked

1. West CountryobsoleteslangtransitiveTo poach (a servant) from another household.
2. CornwalltransitiveTo entice.

   A boy who is tempted to play truant by another, will say that he has been "slocked" into his misbehaviour.

   1884, Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson, The Antiquary (volume 9, page 220)

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   We were slocked there ourselves, an' we should ha' ben kidnapp'd too, ef it hadn ben for that young wumman.

   1862, William Bentinck Forfar, Pengersick Castle: a Cornish Tale, page 82

plural slocks

1. USslangAn improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

present singular third person slocks · participle present slocking · participle past slocked · past slocked

1. USslangTo strike with a slock.

present singular third person slocks · participle present slocking · participle past slocked · past slocked

1. intransitivetransitiveTo hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.