sleck

English

Alternative forms

• slekk

Etymology

From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).

Verb

sleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked)

1. Alternative form of slake

   to sleck lime

2. (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
3. (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

Related terms

• slecken
• sletch