slicken

verb, adj — 2 senses

slicken

verb

Etymology From slick + -en.

1

To make slick.

Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star:

Derived terms: rain-slickened, water-slickened

slicken

adj

1

Business, Mining UK, Dialectal Sleek; smooth.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:slicken.

Related terms: slickens

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