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sleech

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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11
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6

Definition of sleech

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. (countable, uncountable)Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
  2. (Northern-Ireland, countable, uncountable)A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.
    “The physical nature and engineering properties of the sleech have made it desirable to investigate each site before piling.”

verb

  1. (dialectal)To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.
  2. (Scotland)To coax, cajole.

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Etymology

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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