slocken
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)
- (transitive, dialectal) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
- (transitive, dialectal) To quench; to allay; to slake.
- 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped
- I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.
- 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped
Synonyms edit
- (quench): slock