sleck

Meaning

Verb

Alternative of slake
To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

Origin

From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva, from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg-. Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan.

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