Sleek \Sleek\, adv.
   With ease and dexterity. [Low]
   
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Sleek \Sleek\, n.
   1. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]
      
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   2. A slick.
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Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeked};p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sleeking}.]
   To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy;
   to smooth over.
   
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         Sleeking her soft alluring locks.        --Milton.
   
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         Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak.
   
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Sleek \Sleek\ (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k"[~e]r);
   superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[imac]kr, and
   OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[imac]hhan,
   D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick},
   {Slink}.]
   1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as,
      sleek hair. --Chaucer.
      
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            So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
                                                  --Dryden.
      
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   2. Not rough or harsh.
      
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            Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.
                                                  --Milton.
      
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