slocken

English

Etymology

From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɒkən/
• Rhymes: -ɒkən

Verb

slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
2. (transitive, dialectal) To quench; to allay; to slake.
   • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:

     I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.

Synonyms

• (quench): slock

Derived terms

• unslockened

Anagrams

• Conkles, enlocks