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slockened

slockened is the simple past and past participle of slocken.

Meaning of slocken

Verb

slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To quench; to allay; to slake.
    • I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    slock

Questions about slockened

What is slockened the simple past and past participle of?
Slockened is the simple past and past participle of slocken.

Words near slockened in the dictionary

  1. Slocan City
  2. Slochd
  3. slock
  4. slocked
  5. slocken
  6. slockened
  7. slockening
  8. slockens
  9. slocking
  10. slocking stone
  11. slocking stones

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