Middle English Dictionary Entry
slauk n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slauk n. |
| Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. slauk(e & slake & sloke; Ir. sleabhac, slabhac; Swed. slake. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of seaweed (Ulva lactuca or U. latissima).
Associated quotations
- c1450 *MS Cmb.Ee.4.20 [OD col.] (Cmb Ee.4.20)fol.283 : Indigene patrie illius comedunt algam maris que est attramento nigrior..Hec herba vocatur a vulgo slauk.