单词 | sleck |
释义 | sleckn. dialect. Soft mud; ooze. It is very doubtful whether slec (v.r. slech) in Leg. Kath. 1662 can be regarded as an early example of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > thin or soft addleOE slougha1225 mirec1390 slurc1440 slurryc1440 sludge1702 slush1772 slop1796 slosh1808 stabble1821 sposh1836 sleck1840 flop1844 squad1847 slather1876 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 319/2 The main sewer or drain..was about one-third filled up with that sort of ammoniacal sleck or sludge which comes from kitchens. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) A slake is a large expanse of sleck. ‘Sludge’ is wet, muddy deposit, but not necessarily fine and smooth as sleck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). sleckv.1 Now dialect. 1. transitive. To extinguish or quench (a fire); to allay, assuage (thirst, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires) sleckc1175 stanch1340 fulfilc1384 satiatec1450 satisfyc1475 slockc1480 expletea1500 supplya1513 satisfice?1531 suffice1533 stake1550 to fill up1600 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)] sleckc1175 aquenchc1300 stanch1340 beetc1390 repelc1425 sufficea1450 squench1598 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] aquenchc1000 quenchc1175 sleckc1175 slockena1300 bleschea1325 sleckena1340 sleaka1400 asteyntea1450 stancha1450 mesec1480 slockc1480 extinct1483 redd1487 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 squench1535 extinguish1551 out1629 smoor1721 douse1842 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5689 All hiss hunngerr. & hiss þrisst Shall ben þurrh drihhtin sleckedd. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1230 Ðe water sleckede ðe childes list. a1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) iii. xiii The preest..shall put vnder styckes, so that it be not sleckyd. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 12667 Troyle bad faste the fir be bet, But Thelamon bad his men hit slek With water of broke or of bek. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 Whan you slecke a hoote fyre with water, it maketh a noyse lyke thunder. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 43 To Sleck,..to quench or put out the fire, v.g., or one's thirst. 1781– in northern dialect glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate lithec897 lighteOE lissea1000 stillc1000 alightOE alithe?a1200 softc1225 swagec1330 abate?c1335 easea1374 accoya1375 allegea1375 stintc1374 slakea1387 assuage1393 planea1400 slecka1400 plasterc1400 soften?c1415 lighten?a1425 mitigate?a1425 relievec1425 asoftc1430 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 sletcha1500 alleve1544 allevate1570 salve?1577 sweetena1586 smooth1589 disembitter1622 deleniate1623 slaken1629 tranquillitate1657 soothe1711 a1400 St. Erkenwolde 331 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 273 Þe fyrst slent þat on me slode slekkyd al my tene. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5489 Ector sorow myght no man sclekke. 3. To cool by means of water, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > by liquid slake1387 quencha1398 slecka1475 a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 6 Tak a gad of stele.., And in goode wyne sleck hit I say. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Sleck, to cool in water. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 509/1 The blacksmith is slecking a piece of iron. 4. To slack or slake (lime). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > hydrate lime sleck1530 quench1587 sliss1599 squench1643 slock1655 slake1662 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 I slecke lyme, I put water to it, je destayns. 1548 in E. Green Somerset Chantries (1888) 75 The churche yarde..wherin lyme is slecked. 1617 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 219 Sleckinge and spreadinge six score lode of lyme, ijs vjd. 1849– in Eng. Dial. Dict. Derivatives slecked adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [adjective] > slaked sleakedc1450 sleckeda1533 slaked1611 slacked1700 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vjv The morter..ought not to be medled with sande and slecked lyme. 1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer vi, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 44 Ye must meddle it well also, with..sleckt sope ashes about the roote. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fusé Chaux fusée, slaked, or sleckt lime. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 447 The consistence of slecked lime. ˈslecking n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] bleschingc1440 sleckingc1440 slockeningc1440 quenchoura1475 extinguishment1509 extinctiona1513 extincture1609 quench?1611 fire-extinguishing1840 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 459/1 Slekkynge, or qwenchynge, extinctio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † sleckv.2 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make smooth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] smeethc1000 slipe1390 smoothc1440 sleck1530 explain1549 smooth1611 besmooth?1615 sleek1619 deglabrate1623 unruffle1629 smoothen1678 cleanse1680 smoothen1680 smooth1859 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 I slecke, I make paper smothe with a sleke stone, je fais glissant. You muste slecke your paper if you wyll write Greke well. 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