▪ I. slunk, n. Sc.
(slʌŋk)
[var. of slonk n.]
A muddy or marshy place; a miry hollow.
| 1665 J. Fraser Polichron. (S.H.S.) 346 Not adverting to a slunk or breach in the sea bank, his horse tumbled. 1727 P. Walker in Biogr. Presbyt. (1827) II. 18 Lying in the Dear-slunk, in Midst of a great flow Moss. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 88 Amang the harbour's sludge and mud; They row'd [= rolled] thegither in the slunk. 1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Antrim). |
▪ II. slunk, v. Sc. rare.
[Cf. prec.]
intr. To wade in mud or mire.
| 17.. Ramsay To W. Starrat 28 Feckfu' folk can..slunk thro' moors, and never fash their mind. |
▪ III. slunk, ppl. a.
(slʌŋk)
[f. slink v. 3.]
Of calves: Cast prematurely. Cf. slung ppl. a.1 1.
| 1837 Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 371 Drum-heads are made..from abortives, or at least very young sucking calves called ‘slunk’ by the workmen. |