SLINK

slink. Slink, v. slank, slunk, pret. slunk, pa. to cast the young, steal out of the way, sneak away

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Slink (?), v. t. [imp. Slunk (?), Archaic Slank (�); p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] [[AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]] 1. 1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. “To slink away and hide.” Tale of Beryn.
Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent. Milton. There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed. Landor. 2. 2. To miscarry; — said of female beasts.