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sleech

The English word “sleech” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
  2. A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.

verb

  1. To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.
  2. To coax, cajole.

Etymology

From Middle English sliche, a variant of slicche, from Old English *sliċ (“mud, sludge”), from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz (“mud, slush”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to slide, be slippery”). Doublet of slitch and sludge.

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