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slawk
slawk north. dial. and Sc. (slɑk) Also 5, 8 slauk, 6–7, 9 slauke, 6 slawke, 9 slaak. [Probably ad. Ir. slabhac, sleabhac (also dim. sleabhacán, Sc. Gael. slabhgan) in sense 1: cf. the Gaelic origin of dulse. For variant forms see slake n.2, slaugh, and sloke. In older Dicts. frequently misprinted sl...
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slaugh
† slaugh obs. variant of slawk.1743 Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 44 Most Part of our People eat a Weed that grows on the Rocks; it is a thin Weed of a dark green Colour, and called by the Seamen, Slaugh. Ibid. 62 Eat Slaugh and Sea-weed fry'd with Tallow-Candles.
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slokan
slokan Anglo-Irish. Also 8 slukane, 9 slocaun, sloukawn. [ad. Ir. sleabhacán: see next and slawk.] = next.1758 [see slawk 1]. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Slokan, Sloke, names for the edible sea-weed..also called laver. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1065/1 Sloak, Sloke, or Sloukawn.
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sloke
▪ I. sloke1 (sləʊk) Also 9 sloak. [var. of slawk.] = slawk 1 and 2.1777 Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 967 Ulva umbilicalis..Navel Laver, Anglis. Sloke or Slake, Scotis. Upon the sea rocks frequent. Ibid. 970 Ulva Lactuca,..Lettuce-Laver, or Oyster-Green, Anglis. Green Sloke, Scotis. 1845 Gosse Ocean i...
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slank
▪ I. slank, a. Now Sc. and north. dial. (slæŋk) [prob. a. Du. or LG. slank (MDu. and MHG. slanc, G. schlank) thin, slender.] Of persons, parts of the body, the hair: Lank, thin. The quotation dated 1656 in Davies reads flank in the original edition, but this may be a misprint for slank.1668 Wilkins ...
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slake
▪ I. slake, n.1 (sleɪk) Also 4 slak. [f. slake v.1] 1. The act of slacking or slackening in some respect; an instance of this.a 1300 Cursor M. 23618 Sua sal þe wreches..for þair sak, Be stad in pine wit-vten slak. 16.. Robin of Portingale in Percy's Folio MS., Ball. & Rom. I. 238 At the wakening of ...
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