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单词 sleck
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sleckn.

Etymology: Compare Middle Low German and Low German slick, German schlick, schlich.
dialect.
Soft mud; ooze. It is very doubtful whether slec (v.r. slech) in Leg. Kath. 1662 can be regarded as an early example of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > thin or soft
addleOE
slougha1225
mirec1390
slurc1440
slurryc1440
sludge1702
slush1772
slop1796
slosh1808
stabble1821
sposh1836
sleck1840
flop1844
squad1847
slather1876
1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 319/2 The main sewer or drain..was about one-third filled up with that sort of ammoniacal sleck or sludge which comes from kitchens.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) A slake is a large expanse of sleck. ‘Sludge’ is wet, muddy deposit, but not necessarily fine and smooth as sleck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

sleckv.1

/slɛk/
Forms: Middle English slecken(n, Middle English sleckyn, 1500s slecke, Middle English– sleck; Middle English slekk-, Middle English slekkyn, sclekke, Middle English–1500s slek.
Etymology: The northern form representing Old English sleccan (see sletch v.), < slæc slack adj. See also sleak v.1
Now dialect.
1. transitive. To extinguish or quench (a fire); to allay, assuage (thirst, etc.).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires)
sleckc1175
stanch1340
fulfilc1384
satiatec1450
satisfyc1475
slockc1480
expletea1500
supplya1513
satisfice?1531
suffice1533
stake1550
to fill up1600
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)]
sleckc1175
aquenchc1300
stanch1340
beetc1390
repelc1425
sufficea1450
squench1598
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)]
aquenchc1000
quenchc1175
sleckc1175
slockena1300
bleschea1325
sleckena1340
sleaka1400
asteyntea1450
stancha1450
mesec1480
slockc1480
extinct1483
redd1487
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
squench1535
extinguish1551
out1629
smoor1721
douse1842
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5689 All hiss hunngerr. & hiss þrisst Shall ben þurrh drihhtin sleckedd.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1230 Ðe water sleckede ðe childes list.
a1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) iii. xiii The preest..shall put vnder styckes, so that it be not sleckyd.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 12667 Troyle bad faste the fir be bet, But Thelamon bad his men hit slek With water of broke or of bek.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 Whan you slecke a hoote fyre with water, it maketh a noyse lyke thunder.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 43 To Sleck,..to quench or put out the fire, v.g., or one's thirst.
1781– in northern dialect glossaries.
figurative.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10124 Forr allmess dedess hafenn mahht. To sleckenn þine sinness.a1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxix That the grounde of synne myghte..somwhat be slecket in the. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 118 All temptacion þou sall ouercum, & all malesse slek.
2. To alleviate, moderate. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate
lithec897
lighteOE
lissea1000
stillc1000
alightOE
alithe?a1200
softc1225
swagec1330
abate?c1335
easea1374
accoya1375
allegea1375
stintc1374
slakea1387
assuage1393
planea1400
slecka1400
plasterc1400
soften?c1415
lighten?a1425
mitigate?a1425
relievec1425
asoftc1430
alleviate?a1475
allevya1500
sletcha1500
alleve1544
allevate1570
salve?1577
sweetena1586
smooth1589
disembitter1622
deleniate1623
slaken1629
tranquillitate1657
soothe1711
a1400 St. Erkenwolde 331 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 273 Þe fyrst slent þat on me slode slekkyd al my tene.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5489 Ector sorow myght no man sclekke.
3. To cool by means of water, etc.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > by liquid
slake1387
quencha1398
slecka1475
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 6 Tak a gad of stele.., And in goode wyne sleck hit I say.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Sleck, to cool in water.
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 509/1 The blacksmith is slecking a piece of iron.
4. To slack or slake (lime).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > hydrate lime
sleck1530
quench1587
sliss1599
squench1643
slock1655
slake1662
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 I slecke lyme, I put water to it, je destayns.
1548 in E. Green Somerset Chantries (1888) 75 The churche yarde..wherin lyme is slecked.
1617 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 219 Sleckinge and spreadinge six score lode of lyme, ijs vjd.
1849– in Eng. Dial. Dict.

Derivatives

slecked adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [adjective] > slaked
sleakedc1450
sleckeda1533
slaked1611
slacked1700
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vjv The morter..ought not to be medled with sande and slecked lyme.
1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer vi, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 44 Ye must meddle it well also, with..sleckt sope ashes about the roote.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fusé Chaux fusée, slaked, or sleckt lime.
1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 447 The consistence of slecked lime.
ˈslecking n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun]
bleschingc1440
sleckingc1440
slockeningc1440
quenchoura1475
extinguishment1509
extinctiona1513
extincture1609
quench?1611
fire-extinguishing1840
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 459/1 Slekkynge, or qwenchynge, extinctio.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

sleckv.2

Etymology: variant of sleek v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make smooth.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)]
smeethc1000
slipe1390
smoothc1440
sleck1530
explain1549
smooth1611
besmooth?1615
sleek1619
deglabrate1623
unruffle1629
smoothen1678
cleanse1680
smoothen1680
smooth1859
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 I slecke, I make paper smothe with a sleke stone, je fais glissant. You muste slecke your paper if you wyll write Greke well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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