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Definition of Slocken
1. to quench [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: quench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slocken
Literary usage of Slocken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Writings of Robert Chambers by Robert Chambers (1847)
"'Deed,' says the fire,' I winna burn the staff, for the staff never did me ony ill.'
Wife. ' Water, water, slocken fire; fire winna,' &c. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... slocken, to slake, to allay thirst, to extinguish. Foul water may slocken fire.
—ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scoti Prrn-crbs. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"slocken, va To quench ; applied much in the same senses as sleek. Also to drown
or saturate with ... as, * w'olly slackened,' ' w'olly slocken'd wi' watter/ ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: With Notes and by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1853)
"... for the maintenance of the children were intended to take effect in the father's
life-time, and consequently, to be for his benefit. In slocken v. ..."
5. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"slocken, to slake, to quench. Su.-Got. slockna, extinguere. Isl. sloka. ...
To slocken your thirst." See quotation to Lowe. ..."
6. Songs from the City by Dugald Macfadyen (1887)
"But, hech ! the herrin' were sae saut, WT drouth oor gills were chokin'; Quo'
ane " We'd better ha'e some maut Oor thirsty gabs tae slocken. ..."
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