Slicken

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make slick. transitive

    "Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sleek; smooth. UK, dialectal

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:slicken."

Example

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"Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it."

Etymology

From slick + -en.

Related phrases

rain-slickenedwater-slickened

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