slickingn.

/ˈslɪkɪŋ/

Etymology: < slick v.

a. The action of making sleek or smooth, etc.

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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > making smooth

slicking1495

smoothing1577

smooth1848

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] > making smooth and sleek

sleeking1578

slicking1600

brush-up1897

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 27 By crafty sliking they make the same Fustions to appere to the comen people fyne, hole and sounde.

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 592 Are there not which take more care of their slicking and of their platting, then of the Kingdom of Heaven?

1636 Lyly's Euphues F iij I loath almost to thinke on..the sliking of their faces.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2192/1 The size is flour-paste,..and the operation on the rope is called snugging, slicking, or finishing.

attributive.1588 T. Churchyard Sparke of Frendship sig. D1^v As it were rubde, and smoothde with slicking stone.1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. A shoemaker talks about slicking the soles of his shoes with a slicking stick.1896 Archaeol. Jrnl. 53 46 Thumb-flints, or slicking-knives, also occur.

b. spec. In hat-making: (see quot. 1875).

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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2208/2 Slicking,..the attaching of the fur nap to the felt body.

2. With up: the action of making (oneself, a place, etc.) neat and tidy. U.S. colloquial.

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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in order or making tidy

redding1450

reding1493

trimming1519

fettling1847

setting-to-rights1847

slicking1855

tidying1867

snugging1886

1855 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 6 495 The farm needs a good deal of slicking up to make the general appearance equal to what nature has done for the land.

1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 9 May 1 Denver has been having her period of spring slicking up.

3. Mining. In plural. Narrow veins of ore.

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1843 J. Y. Watson Compend. Brit. Mining 81.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	slicking
释义	slickingn. /ˈslɪkɪŋ/ Etymology: < slick v. 1. a. The action of making sleek or smooth, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > making smooth slicking1495 smoothing1577 smooth1848 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] > making smooth and sleek sleeking1578 slicking1600 brush-up1897 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 27 By crafty sliking they make the same Fustions to appere to the comen people fyne, hole and sounde. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 592 Are there not which take more care of their slicking and of their platting, then of the Kingdom of Heaven? 1636 Lyly's Euphues F iij I loath almost to thinke on..the sliking of their faces. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2192/1 The size is flour-paste,..and the operation on the rope is called snugging, slicking, or finishing. attributive.1588 T. Churchyard Sparke of Frendship sig. D1^v As it were rubde, and smoothde with slicking stone.1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. A shoemaker talks about slicking the soles of his shoes with a slicking stick.1896 Archaeol. Jrnl. 53 46 Thumb-flints, or slicking-knives, also occur. b. spec. In hat-making: (see quot. 1875). ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2208/2 Slicking,..the attaching of the fur nap to the felt body. 2. With up: the action of making (oneself, a place, etc.) neat and tidy. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in order or making tidy redding1450 reding1493 trimming1519 fettling1847 setting-to-rights1847 slicking1855 tidying1867 snugging1886 1855 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 6 495 The farm needs a good deal of slicking up to make the general appearance equal to what nature has done for the land. 1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 9 May 1 Denver has been having her period of spring slicking up. 3. Mining. In plural. Narrow veins of ore. ΚΠ 1843 J. Y. Watson Compend. Brit. Mining 81. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1495
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