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