Middle English Dictionary Entry
slek n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slek n. Also slecke. |
| Etymology | From slekken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A means of overcoming something; ~ trough, a blacksmith's trough for cooling iron.
Associated quotations
- c1400 ?Nassyngton SV (Cmb Ll.1.8)214 : Et ne nos inducas in temptationem! In þis we aske som slecke to se Aȝeyn al ille þat may be; For þe ille þat we don eche day, We say þus to put it a way: Sed libera nos a malö
- (1445) Will York in Sur.Soc.30116 : Unum stethy de ferro..unum slek trough, et unum forehamer.