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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.]
   1. 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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   2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
   
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   Slink, v. t. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, “a cow that slinks her calf”.
   
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   Slink, a.
   1. Produced prematurely; as, “a slink calf”.
   
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   2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
   
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   Slink, n.
   1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
   
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   2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   
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