Word of the (Burns) Day: "sleekit" - smooth, glossy (Scots). "Wee, sleekit, cowran, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle!" from 'To A Mouse' (1785), by Robert Burns, born #OTD in 1759. #BurnsNight2019 (via @RobGMacfarlane)