slunkn.
/slʌŋk/, U.S. /sləŋk/, Scottish English /slʌŋk/ Scottish.
A muddy or marshy place; a miry hollow.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough
sloughc900
mooreOE
letch1138
mire1219
sougha1300
dew1377
slop?a1400
flashc1440
slothc1440
slonk1488
slot?a1500
rilling1610
slab1610
water-gall1657
slunkc1700
slack1719
mudhole1721
bog-hole1788
spew1794
wetness1805
stabble1821
slob1836
sludge1839
soak1839
mudbath1856
squire-trap1859
loblolly1865
glue-pot1892
swelter1894
poaching1920
c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 346 Not adverting to a slunk or breach in the sea bank, his horse tumbled.
1732 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life & Death D. Cargill 19 Lying in the Dear-slunk, in Midst of a great flow Moss.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 88 Amang the harbour's sludge and mud; They row'd [= rolled] thegither in the slunk.
1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Antrim).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slunkadj.
/slʌŋk/, U.S. /sləŋk/ Of calves: Cast prematurely. Cf. slung adj.1 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [adjective] > cast prematurely
slunk1837
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 371 Drum-heads are made..from abortives, or at least very young sucking calves called ‘slunk’ by the workmen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slunkv.
Scottish. rare.
intransitive. To wade in mud or mire.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > through liquid or mud
wadec1220
waselc1394
ford1675
slunk1728
slop1783
plodge1787
spatter1806
slutch1821
slumper1829
squelch1849
slush1853
splodge1896
1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 28 Feckfu' folk can..slunk thro' moors, and never fash their mind.
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