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Etymologies
- Dialectal slicken, glossy (alteration of slick) + side. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Coal Mining Terms
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firedamp, scrip, bituminous, anthracite, company store, blackdamp, brattice, bug dust, tipple, whitedamp, float dust, fly ash and 136 more...
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phrontistery-s
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sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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smoooth
satined, sleek, glossy, legato, uncrannied, suave, smoothen, polish, satiny, flowing, levigate, politic and 78 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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reesetee Indeed! The etymology I read suggested just that derivation. Aug 1, 2007
slumry Sounds like if you tried to walk on it, it would be a slip 'n slide! Aug 1, 2007
reesetee (pronounced SLIK-uhn-sahyd) A rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane. Aug 1, 2007