slink

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
2. v. To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
3. n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
4. adj. Born prematurely.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To sneak; steal or move quietly: generally with off or away.
2. n. A sneaking fellow.
3. n. A greedy starveling.
4. n. A cheat.
5. To cast prematurely: said of a female boast.
6. To miscarry; cast the young prematurely: said of a female boast.
7. n. An animal, especially a calf, prematurely brought forth.
8. n. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth; the veal of a calf killed immediately after being calved; bob-veal.
9. n. A bastard child.
10. n. A thin or poor and bony fish, especially such a mackerel. See mackerel.
11. Produced prematurely: as, a slink calf.
12. Immature and unfit for human food: as, slink veal; slink meat.
13. Thin; slender; lean; starved and hungry: as, slink cattle.
14. Sneaky; mean.
15. n. A small piece of wet meadow-land.
16. n. The skin of a still-born calf. Also slunk.

Wiktionary

1. v. To sneak about furtively.
2. v. To give birth to an animal prematurely.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
2. v. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
3. v. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts.
4. adj. Produced prematurely.
5. adj. Thin; lean.
6. n. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
7. n. A thievish fellow; a sneak.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. walk stealthily