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sleech.

Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.

    Northern-Ireland · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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

    dialectal
  2. To coax, cajole.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

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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