sleeken, v.
(ˈsliːk(ə)n)
[f. sleek a. + -en5.]
trans. To make smooth and glossy. Also fig.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. i. iv, The Eban stone which Goldsmiths use to sleeken their gold with. 1688 Holme Armoury ii. 41/2 The Sleek stone, a ball made of glass, which Landresses and Drawers of Cloath use to polish or sleeken their Linnen with. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 150 Young gorbs which he did fin'..Whilk sleekened his skin. c 1844 Mrs. Browning Portrait xviii, All voices that address her, Soften, sleeken every word. 1862 Temple Bar VI. 132 Society..sleekens the boy into a machine well-oiled, and superfinishes the girl. |