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present participle and gerund of sleek examples
plural sleekings
A process of making smooth or glossy. quotations examples
Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,And your face smooth with ointments […]
1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer
Some inconspicuous fluffings and sleekings of its plumage may serve as visible displays, yet are sufficiently subtle that a human observer detects them only with difficulty […]
2009, William John Smith, The Behavior of Communicating: An Ethological Approach, page 66