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slockening

slockening is the present participle and gerund 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 slockening

What is slockening the present participle and gerund of?
Slockening is the present participle and gerund of slocken.

Words near slockening in the dictionary

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

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