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slink(1) (iou) and eosphorite (medicine)


slink(1) (iou)



slink adjective & noun. E17.
[from the verb.]
A. adjective.
(Of hide, meat, etc.) from a premature or abortive animal, inferior; (of an animal) premature or abortive; (of a butcher) dealing in slink meat. E17.
Lank, lean, ill-conditioned. dial. L17.
b. noun.
An abortive or premature calf or Other animal. Chiefly dial. M17.
The skin or flesh of a premature calf or Other animal; a piece of this. M18.
A small, weak or immature animal, esp. a thin salmon in poor condition. N. Amer. dial. L18.
A person who slinks; a sneak, a coward. colloq. E19.
A slinking movement or walk. M19.

eosphorite (medicine)


eosphorite
<chemical> A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink colour, whence the name.

Origin: From Gr. Bringer of morn.

Source: Websters Dictionary