slock

noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland)A draught; a gulp.

   “A slock of wine.”

   “Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?”

2. (US, slang)An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland)To swallow, gulp.
2. (West-Country, obsolete, slang, transitive)To poach (a servant) from another household.
3. (Cornwall, transitive)To entice.

   “We were slocked there ourselves, an' we should ha' ben kidnapp'd too, ef it hadn ben for that young wumman.”

   “A boy who is tempted to play truant by another, will say that he has been "slocked" into his misbehaviour.”

4. (US, slang)To strike with a slock.
5. (intransitive, transitive)To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.