Slink
Slink , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon slincan; probably akin to German schleichen, English sleek. See Sleek, a.]
1.
To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. [Archaic]
To slink away and hide.
Back to the thicket slunk
The guilty serpent.
There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed.
2.
To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
Slink , transitive verb
To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
Slink , adjective
1.
Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
2.
Thin; lean. [Scottish]
Slink , noun
1.
The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
2.
A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Provincial English & Scottish]