slickens

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fine, harmful, and (when wet) slimy pulverized rock, a waste product (pollution) produced by hydraulic mining and quartz milling, which can silt up rivers and accumulate on soil downstream of such activities.
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:slickens.
动词 v.
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slicken form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person

词源

词源 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 2
Ultimately a reference to the slimy, slick nature of the material. Compare slicken (“smooth”, adjective), slick (noun).
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