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Definition of Slicken
1. a. Sleek; smooth.
Definition of Slicken
1. Verb. (transitive) To make slick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slicken
1. to make slick [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: slick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slicken
Literary usage of Slicken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... coincidence with faults—Proofs that they originated in fissures in solid
rock—Veins shifting other veins—Polishing of their walls or " slicken-sides. ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1855)
"... coincidence with faults—Proofs that they originated in fissures in solid
rock—Veins shifting other veins—Polishing of their walls or " slicken-sides. ..."
3. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1855)
"... coincidence with faults—Proofs that they originated in fissures in solid
rock—Veins shifting other veins—Polishing of their walls or " slicken-sides. ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... coincidence with faults—Proofs lhat they originated in fissures in solid
rock—Veins shifting other veins—Polishing of their walls or " slicken-sides. ..."
5. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... coincidence with faults—Proofs that they originated in fissures in solid
rock—Veins shifting other veins—Polishing of their walls or " slicken-sides. ..."
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