Sleek

slēk, adj. smooth: glo y: soft, not rough: insinuating, plausible: dexterous.— v.t. to make smooth or glo y: to calm or soothe.— v.i. to glide.— advs. Sleek , Slick , neatly.— v.t. Sleek′en , to make smooth or sleek.— ns. Sleek′er , Slick′er , a tool for dre ing the surface of leather.— adj. Sleek′-head′ed , having a smooth head.— n. Sleek′ing , the act of making smooth.— adj. Sleek′it ( Scot. ), having a smooth skin: sly, cunning, fair-spoken.— adv. Sleek′ly .— ns. Sleek′ne ; Sleek′-stone , a smooth stone used for polishing anything.— adj. Sleek′y , smooth: sly, untrustworthy. [Scand., Ice. slíkr , sleek; cf. Dut. slijk , Ger. schlick , grease.]