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Definition: Slank
Slank
\Slank\,
imp. & p. p. of
Slink.
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Slink
\Slink\, v. t. [imp.
Slunk, Archaic
Slank; p. p.
Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slinking.] [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.
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Back to the thicket slunk
The guilty serpent. --Milton.
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There were some few who slank obliquely from them as
they passed. --Landor.
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2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
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