Slink /(?)/

imp. Slunk; p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking

1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. Archaic

   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.

1. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.

1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]

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.]