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Stocken vs Slocken - What's the difference?

stocken | slocken |

As a noun stocken

is plural of stockCategory:English plurals; stockings.

As a verb slocken is

to put out, extinguish (a fire).

stocken

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) English plurals; stockings
  • * 1662 , (Henry More), , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 62:
  • "And unless we should expect that Nature should make Jerkins and Stockens grow out of the ground "
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    slocken

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
  • (dialectal) To quench; to allay; to slake.
  • Synonyms

    * (quench) slock