sleck
verbEtymology 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”).
1
Alternative 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