Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slink \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. 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. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slink \Slink\, v. t.
To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that
slinks her calf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slink \Slink\, a.
1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slink \Slink\, n.
1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a
calf brought forth before its time.
2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slink
v : walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"
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