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The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. [Colloq.]

Slacken.

A slut; a slatternly woman. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.

Walking in one's sleep.

The act or process of smoothing.

Evasive. [Obs.] Milton.

from Slock. Slocking stone, a rich piece of ore displayed in order to tempt persons to embark in a mining enterprise.

A sharp, quick noise; a smack. Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden.

With smirking; with a smirk.

The quality or state of being smoky.

from Smoke. Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. -- Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.

The quality of being sneaky.

Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv. -- Sneak"ing*ness, n.

Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- Soak"ing*ly, adv.

A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme. Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope.

Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger.

a strong breeze.

Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.

playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also spillikin, spilliken.]