v. t. [ See Slay. ] To slay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With ease and dexterity. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
Sleeking her soft alluring locks. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sleek manner; smoothly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
v. i.
Watching at the head of these that sleep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We sleep over our happiness. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thess. iv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
obs. imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]