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Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden.

In a sleek manner; smoothly.

The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.

Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson.

Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.

Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]

The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically:

The act or process of smoothing.

The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.

Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. Waller.

That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot.

aving the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.

To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.

Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.

To smooth. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.] So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.

Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. "So smirk, so smooth." Spenser.