▪ I. slocken, v. north. and Sc.
(ˈslɒk(ə)n)
Forms: 4–9 sloken, 4–6 slokyn, 5–6 (9) slokin (6 -yne); 4, 6 slokkin, 4 (9) slokken, 6 slo(c)kne, 6– slocken (9 -an, -in).
[a. ON. slokna (Norw. slokna, slokkna, Sw. slockna, older Da. slogne, slugne), f. slokinn, pa. pple. of sl{obar}kkva: see slock v.1]
1. trans. To quench, extinguish, put out (fire, flame, etc.). Also in fig. context.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 28641 Als þe water it slokkens glede. c 1340 Hampole Prose Treat. (1866) 3 Sothely na thynge slokyns sa fell flawmes, dystroyes ill thoghtes [etc.]. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 593 Vndyr þam sprange vpe a well & sloknyt sone..þai brynnand platis. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 287 Þan þai, wenand a fyre to slokyn, Þai fand þe house no thyng bryn. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 20 To rais amang us ane flame that sall nevir be sloknit. ? a 1550 Freiris Berwik 219 in Dunbar's Poems (1893) 292 Be bissy als, and slokkin out the fyre. 1588 A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 171 Watter slokins out burning fyr. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Slocken, to quench. c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. V. 276 It is not customary to sloken one fire by kindling another. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Slocken,..to quench. |
2. To suppress, put down, do away with, destroy, stamp out. Also with adjectival compl.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 18360 Lauerd.., sua þou slockens al vr sin. a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxii. 14 When he..slokens þe temptacioun wiþ sorowe of pyne. c 1425 St. Mary of Oignies ii. iii. in Anglia VIII. 158/6 Þe whiche good man..was casten downe and slokenyd nere for sorowe. 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 522 And kindill agane his curage thocht it wer cald sloknyt. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7 Ane meik answer slokins Melancolie. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 352 The Quene with litle labour slokned out this seditioune. |
3. To quench or allay (thirst).
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxlii. 7 Slokyn my threst. 1423 Jas. I Kingis Q. 69 My drye thrist with teris sall I slokin. 1535 Coverdale Wisd. xi. 4 Their thirst [was] slockened out of y⊇ harde stone. 1584 Hudson Judith iii. (1613) 37 That bottell sweet..serued.. not to slocken thirst. a 1585 Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 444 Ȝone Slae..May satisfie to slokkin Thy drouth now. 1786 Burns Dining w. Ld. Daer ii, When mighty Squireships..Their hydra-drouth did sloken. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet ch. xiii, Get the blue bowl;..that will sloken all their drouth. |
| absol. 1684 Yorks. Dial. 161 (E.D.S.), Heve you ought that will slocken weel? |
b. To slake the thirst of (a person, etc.).
| 1718 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xiv, Wasted was baith cash and tick, Sae ill were they to slocken. 1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Skaith i. xxvii, Slockned now, refresh'd and talking. 1858 E. B. Ramsay Scot. Life & Char. ii, It weets the sod, it slockens the yowes. 1871 C. Gibbon Lack of Gold xx, Here's a cappy full of water, see if that'll sloken you. |
4. To sate or satisfy (desire). rare.
| 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 283, I had a lufsummar leid, my lust for to slokyn. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 151 Thay could nocht al..slokne his vnquencheable..appetite. |
5. To soak, wet, or moisten; to slake (lime).
| 1487, 1609 [see slockening vbl. n.]. 1621 Sanderson Serm. I. 173 The rain that falleth upon the earth, whether it moisten it kindly,..or whether it choak or slocken and drown it. 1821 Scott Pirate v, I could never away with raw oatmeal, slockened with water, in all my life. |
6. intr. To go out, be extinguished.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 407 Ony fyre that he culd bring thairtill, It sloknit ay ilk tyme of the awin will. |
Hence ˈslockening vbl. n.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 460/1 Sloknynge, or qwenchynge,..extinctio. 1487–8 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 651 Et eidem pro le Sloknyng ejusdem [limekiln] et portacione dicti calcis, vj s. viij d. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 115 The slokning out of a certane commoune flame of burneng. 1609 Churchw. Acc. Pittington, etc. (Surtees) 61 Item payed for slokening of the lime, v s. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. vi, I hae muckle need o' a slockening. |
▪ II. † ˈslocken, pa. pple. Obs.
Also 5 slokyn.
[a. ON. slokinn: see slock v.1]
Extinguished; soaked, immersed.
| c 1400 York Manual (Surtees Soc.) p. xvii, Be thare lantern slokyn fro y⊇ blys that euer schall last. 1643 A. Tuckney Balm of Gilead 21 That she which hath suckled you with her milk, may not be slocken in her own blood. 1647 H. More Minor Poems, Cupid's Conflict lvi. Wks. (Grosart) 173/1 Back she returns.., Drown'd, chok'd or slocken by her cruell nurse. 1653 ― Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 224 When it is..slocken and drowned in sensuality and intemperance. |