ˈslickstone Now rare.
Also 4, 6 slike-, 5 slyk-, 6 slycke-.
[f. slick v. Cf. ON. sl{iacu}kisteinn (Norw. slikjestein).]
= sleekstone.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 172 A slike⁓stone. c 1340 Nominale (Skeat) 158 W[oman] oft with slikeston slikyth. 14.. Lat.-Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 563 Amethon, a slykston. Ibid. 593 Litatorium, a slykston. 1530 Palsgr. 271 Slyckestone, lisse a papier. 1594 Nashe Unfort. Trav. 15 Their shooes shined as bright as a slike⁓stone. 1657 R. Ligon Barbadoes 75 Shining as parchment dyed green, and slickt with a slick-stone. 1674 Cotton Compl. Gamester (1680) 85 Some have a way to slick with a Slick-stone all the Honours very smooth. c 1711 Petiver Gazophyl. x. §96 A large smooth shining Gowry, which is used for a Polish or Slick-stone. 1771 E. Haywood New Present for Maid 267 Smooth them [ribands] with a glass slick-stone. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. Customs (1821) 242 Slick Stones, the 100—{pstlg}0 8s. 0d. 1893–4 Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., Slickstones were sometimes made with a stalk or handle. 1895 Stand. Dict., Slickstone,..Archeol., a pre⁓historic stone implement used in preparing skins. |