Crossword-Solution: SLEEKIT
We have 3 clues for the answer “SLEEKIT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Wee, ___, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie . . . " | 1 answer |
| Crafty: Scot. | 1 answer |
| Describing Burns's mouse | 1 answer |
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Section of a curve
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Hint 2 anagram
CAR
Hint 3 another clue
AID WHEN GOING TO COURT
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Sentences with SLEEKIT (5)
There is the field mouse--the "wee sleekit,* cow'rin', tim'rous beastie," whose nest he turned up and destroyed in his November plowing.
The mouse of Scotland has been fortunate in her painters; another, and a still better portrait was to be made of the "wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie," by the great poet of the nation, Robert Burns.
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring prattle! ROBERT BURNS.
See how my black eyes glitter into yours! Will not one of you come forward and dry my sleekit locks? I thought the bravest lass in the school would do it, so I came straight to wee Leuchy; but she has turned her head aside.
The keen and whimsical observation that noted that even a spider is a "marvel" and that it "carries its knees higher than its body" is the same spirit that inspired a poem to the Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rous beastie.
Quotes with SLEEKIT (2)
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Wee sleekit cow'rin timrous beastie 0 what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle!
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1954–1993).