Slink

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. "To slink away and hide." Tale of Beryn. Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent. Milton. There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed. Landor.

2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.

2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]