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10 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Schlich \Schlich\, noun [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, noun (Metal.) See {Schlich}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slick \Slick\, adjective [See {Sleek}.] Sleek; smooth. ''Both slick and dainty.'' --Chapman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slick \Slick\, verb (used with an object) To make sleek or smoth. ''Slicked all with sweet oil.'' --Chapman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slick \Slick\, noun (Joinery) A wide paring chisel.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slick \Slick\, noun A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.
The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest. --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
slick
adjective
1: having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: {glossy}, {satiny}, {sleek}, {silken}, {silky}, {silklike}]
2: made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
3: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [syn: {glib}, {pat}]
4: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy}, {foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {tricky}, {wily}]
noun
1: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" [syn: {slickness}, {slipperiness}, {slip}]
2: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: {slick magazine}]
3: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
4: a trowel used to make a surface slick
verb
1: make slick or smooth [syn: {sleek}]
2: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" [syn: {slick down}, {sleek down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
261 Moby Thesaurus words for "slick": Byzantine, Ciceronian, Daedalian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Tullian, acute, adept, adipose, adroit, anal, anoint, apt, arch, artful, artfully, articulate, artistic, astute, astutely, authoritative, beeswax, blubbery, bravura, brilliant, buff, buffed, burnish, burnished, buttery, butyraceous, cagey, cagily, calculating, cannily, canny, chrismal, chrismatory, clean, clever, cleverly, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cunningly, cute, daedal, daub, deceitful, deck out, deep, deep-laid, deft, designing, devious, dexterous, dextrous, dinky, diplomatic, doll up, dress, dress up, eloquent, embrocate, excellent, expert, facund, fancy, fat, fatty, felicitous, feline, finish, finished, fix up, foxily, foxy, furbish, furbished, glace, glance, glassy, glaze, glazed, gleaming, glib, glide, glissade, gloss, glossy, glycerolate, good, goodish, graceful, grease, grease the wheels, greased, greasy, guileful, guilefully, gussy up, handy, hep, imaginative, ingenious, insidious, insidiously, inventive, knowing, knowingly, lacquered, lard, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricate, lubricated, lubricious, luster, magisterial, masterful, masterly, meretricious, mucoid, neat, nimble-witted, no mean, oil, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic, on the sly, pawky, perfect, plausible, polish, polished, politic, pomade, professional, proficient, quick, quick-witted, quite some, ready, refine, resourceful, rich, round, rub, rubbed, salve, satiny, scheming, scour, sebaceous, serpentine, shallow, sharp, sharp-witted, shellacked, shiftily, shifty, shine, shining, shiny, shipshape, shrewd, shrewdly, silken, silky, silver, silver-tongued, skillful, sleek, slick down, slick on, sliddery, slip, slipper, slippery, slippy, slither, slithery, sly, slyly, smarmy, smart, smarten up, smear, smooth, smooth the way, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smoothly, smug, snaky, sneaky, snug, soap the ways, soaped, soapy, some, sophistical, specious, spellbinding, spiff, spruce, spruce up, statesmanlike, stealthy, strategic, stylish, suave, subtile, subtilely, subtle, subtlely, suety, superficial, supple, sycophantic, tactful, tactical, tallowy, the compleat, the complete, tidy, tight, trickily, trickish, tricksy, tricky, trig, trim, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, urbane, varnish, varnished, velvety, virtuoso, vulpine, warily, wary, wax, well-cared-for, well-done, well-groomed, well-spoken, wilily, wily, workmanlike
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Slick, OK (town, FIPS 68000) Location: 35.77644 N, 96.26657 W Population (1990): 124 (62 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Slick, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 148 Housing Units (2000): 63 Land area (2000): 0.441560 sq. miles (1.143635 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.441560 sq. miles (1.143635 sq. km) FIPS code: 68000 Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 35.776525 N, 96.266845 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Slick, OK Slick
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