Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleekening
Literary usage of Sleekening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... and so I'll treat our magistrates to a hearty glass this afternoon ; I hae
muckle need o' a sleekening, and the Selkirk bailies never rail a friend. ..."
2. Ringan Gilhaize; Or, The Covenanters by John Galt (1823)
"Yes," said they, " and the soldiers are sleekening the ashes ; but a' the waters of ..."
3. Old Glasgow: The Place and the People. From the Roman Occupation to the by Andrew Macgeorge (1880)
"... thair for sleekening of fyre;"3 and being satisfied with the report they had
one made for themselves. But it must have been a very primitive machine, ..."
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