See Also: preen(medicine)
preen(1)(dictionary)
preen(2)(dictionary)
preen(dictionary)
preen gland(medicine)

sleve (iou) and preen (medicine)


sleve (iou)



sleve verb trans.OE-L19.
[Old English slefan. Cf. SLIVE verb2.]
Cause to slip (in, on, over, etc.).

preen (medicine)


preen


1. To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; said of birds.

2. To trim up, as trees.

Origin: See Preen,; or cf. Prune.

Source: Websters Dictionary