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noun
Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-Ireland, countable, uncountable
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verb
To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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verb
To coax, cajole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
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.
