slick

n. A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.

The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make sleek or smoth. “Slicked all with sweet oil.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Metal.) See Schlich. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sleek; smooth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Slick, n. ] (Mining) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waterproof coat. [ Western U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]