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   Slank , imp. & p. p. of Slink.
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   Slink , v. t. [imp. Slunk , Archaic Slank ; p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] [AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]
   To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. “To slink away and hide.” 
   Tale of Beryn.
   
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   Back to the thicket slunk
   The guilty serpent.
   Milton.
   
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   There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed.
   Landor.
   
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   To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
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