Slank

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slank \Slank\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Slink}.
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