slickens

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of slicken

noun

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.

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