sleech.
Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
Meaning & usage
Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.
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.
To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.
To coax, cajole.
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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