slocken
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)
- (transitive, dialectal) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
- (transitive, dialectal) To quench; to allay; to slake.
- 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped
- I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.
- 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped
Synonyms[edit]
- (quench): slock