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sleeked, ppl. a. (sliːkt) [f. prec. + -ed1.] 1. Smoothed; having a glossy skin, etc.1513 Douglas æneid vi. xii. 15 All fischis..doith repair Ondir the slekit see of marbill hew. 1611 Florio, Cartêlla, a kind of sleeked pasteboord. 1616 B. Jonson Forest viii, Sleeked limmes, and finest blood. 1653 Ur...
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Glazing jack
Similarly to glazing, a copper or glass tool can be drawn across the leather by hand to create "sleeked" and "glassed" finishes, respectively.
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sleeky
sleeky, a. (ˈsliːkɪ) [f. sleek a. + -y.] 1. Marked by sleek condition.c 1725 Thomson Soporif. Doctor 1 Sweet sleeky Doctor! dear pacific soul! 1757 Dyer Fleece i. 669 All intent to..wind the sleeky Fleece. Ibid. iii. 323 The grazier's sleeky kine obstruct the roads. a 1814 Love, Honor & Interest i. ...
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dusted
dusted, ppl. a. (ˈdʌstɪd) [f. dust v.1 + -ed1.] 1. Sprinkled with dust or powder; powdered.1643 5 Years of K. James in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 293 Yellow bands, dusted hair, curled, crisped, frizzled, sleeked skins. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scot. 28 The spacious door White-dusted tells him, plenty r...
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Astrapia
distinct male courtship displays that have been documented: perch-hopping, pivoting, inverted tail-fanning, nape-pecking, post-copulatory tumbling, upright sleeked
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sleek
▪ I. sleek, n.1 Sc. (sliːk) Also slick, slieck. [prob. short for sleek measure: cf. sleek v. 1 c, and MFlem. sleec, sleic (mod.Flem. sleek, sleik) adj., even with the top of the vessel.] A measure for fruit, etc. (see later quots.).1705 in W. Hector Judic. Rec. Renfrewshire (1876) 42 Ten slicks of k...
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Jay-Z & Ciara Live
Her street-tough image is powerful—she and her dancers wore ripped jeans and leather vests, like a sleeked-up girl gang—but her delivery was unfocused,
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Edwardian
Edwardian, a. and n. (ɛdˈwɔːdɪən; also ɛdˈwɑːdɪən) [f. as prec. + -ian.] A. adj. 1. Archit. Belonging to, or characteristic of, the reigns of the first three Edwards.1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. ii. 65 A style..transcendent in the combination of grace and majesty—the style of Edwardi...
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trink
▪ I. † trink, n.1 Obs. Also (4 pl. treinekys), 4–6 trynk, treinke, 5 trenke, (trimke, trymke), 5–6 trynke, (6 trungke), 7 trinck(e, trinke. [Origin obscure. Known in AF. (or English in AF. context) from 14th c., and in use till 17th c.; but almost confined to legal enactments. It has been compared a...
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crisp
▪ I. crisp, a. (krɪsp) Forms: 1– crisp; also 1 cyrps, 3–5 crips, 4–7 crispe, 5 cryps(e, cryspe, kyrspe. [OE. crisp, cyrps, ad. L. crispus curled. Cf. OF. crespe curled, mod.F. crêpe; but this does not appear to have influenced the Eng. word in form. The sense development of branch II is not clear: c...
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preen
▪ I. preen, n. Now Sc. and north. dial. (priːn) Forms: 1–3 préon, (1 préan), 3 pren, 3–6 prene, 5 preyne, 6–9 prein, 8 prine, 8– preen (prin). [OE. préon a pin, brooch, fastening = MDu. priem(e, Du. priem a bodkin, dagger, MLG. prên, prêne, prême, prîm, LG. preen, preem a pin, spike, awl, MGH. pfrie...
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soak
▪ I. soak, n. (səʊk) Also 6–7, 9 dial., soke. [f. the vb.] 1. a. The condition or process of being or becoming soaked; a spell of soaking. Chiefly in the phr. in soak: cf. a-soak adv.1598 Florio, Abombare,..to steepe or lay in soke. 1687 Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v. Soke, You need give it but one go...
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smooth
▪ I. smooth, n. (smuːð) Also 5–6 smothe. [f. the adj.] 1. † a. A level space, = smeeth n. Obs.c 1440 Promp. Pav. 460/2 Smethe, or smothe,..planicies. b. U.S. A meadow; a grass field.1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii, Get some plantain and dandelion on the smooth for greens. 1848 Bartlett Dict. Amer. 314. ...
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rain
▪ I. rain, n.1 (reɪn) Forms: 1 reᵹn, ræᵹn, 1–2 rén, 2 rien, 2–4 rein, (3 -e), 3 reȝȝn, 3–5, rayn, (4–6 -e), 3–6 reyn, (4–6 -e, ? 5 reynne), 4 rene, 4–5, 6 Sc. rane, 4–7 raine, 3– rain. [Comm. Teut.: OE. reᵹn, rén = OFris. rein (mod. reijn), OS. regan, -in (Du. regen), OHG. regan (MHG., G. regen), ON...
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oil
▪ I. oil, n.1 (ɔɪl) Forms: see below. See also ele n. [Early ME. oli, olie, oyle, oile, a. ONF. olie, OF. 12th c. oile, oille, 13th c. oele, uille, 15th c. oyle, huille, 16th c. huile (orig. masc.), in Fr. dial. ole, eule, Pr. ol, Sp. and It. olio (It. formerly oglio):—L. oleum oil, olive oil; cf. o...
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