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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Slōck'ing-stōne, n.p. 1244A rich stone of ore displayed in order to tempt persons to embark in mining enterprises.
  2. Slōe, n.p. 1244A small, bitter, wild plum, the fruit of the black-thorn (Prunus spinosa).
  3. Slō'gan, n.p. 1244The war-cry, or gathering-word, of a Highland clan in Scotland. W. Scott.
  4. Slōke, n.p. 1244(Bot.) A species of edible sea-weed; sloakan. See LAVER.
  5. Slōō, n.p. 1244A slough or mud-hole. This form of the word, as generally prevalent in the Western States, is shown to have been one of the earliest, by the following lines in a Cambridge MS., quoted by Halliwell:—…
  6. Slōōm, n.p. 1244Slumber. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  7. Slōōm'y, a.p. 1244Sluggish; slow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  8. Slōōp, n.p. 1244(Naut.) A vessel with one mast, the mainsail of which is attached to a gaff above, to a boom below, and to the mast on its foremost edge. It also carries a jib. Sloop of war, a vessel of war rigged…
  9. Slŏp, v. t.p. 1244To drink greedily and grossly. [Obs.]
  10. Slŏp, n.p. 1244Water carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. 2. Mean liquor; mean liquid food. 3. (pl.) Dirty water; water in which any thing has been washed or rinsed.
  11. Slop-basin or slop-bowlp. 1244a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the dregs of tea at the table.
  12. Slōp, n.p. 1244Any kind of outer garment, as a night-dress; also, a smock-frock. [Obs.] Halliwell. 2. A lower garment, as breeches, trousers, &c.; —chiefly in the plural. “From the waist downward, all slops.” Shak.…
  13. Slŏp, v. t.p. 1244To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill. 2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
  14. Slōp, v. i.p. 1244To overflow or be spilled, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it;—often followed by over.
  15. Slōpe, a.p. 1244Inclined, or inclining, from an horizontal direction; forming an angle with the plane of the horizon; sloping. [Rare.] “Down the slope hill.” Milton.
  16. Slōpe, adv.p. 1244In a sloping manner; obliquely.
  17. Slōpe, n.p. 1244An oblique direction; a line or direction inclining from an horizontal line; properly, a direction downward. 2. A declivity; any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon…
  18. Slōpe, v. t.p. 1244To form with a slope; to form to declivity or obliquity; to direct obliquely; to incline; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
  19. Slōpe, v. i.p. 1244To take an oblique direction; to be declivous or inclined. 2. To take one's self off; to disappear suddenly. [Colloq. U. S.]
  20. Slōpe'ness, n.p. 1244The state of being slope or inclined; declivity; obliquity. [Rare.] Wotton.
  21. Slōpe'wise, adv.p. 1244Obliquely. [Obs.] Carew.
  22. Slōp'ing, p. a.p. 1244Inclining, or inclined, from an horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous.
  23. Slōp'ing-ly, adv.p. 1244In a sloping manner; obliquely; with a slope.
  24. Slŏp′pi-ness, n.p. 1244The state of being sloppy; muddiness.
  25. Slōp'-py, a.p. 1244Wet, so as to spatter easily; muddy; plashy.
  26. Slōp'-sĕl'ler, n.p. 1244One who sells ready-made clothes.
  27. Slōp'-shōp, n.p. 1244A shop where ready-made clothes are sold.
  28. Slōp'-work, n.p. 1244The manufacture of cheap ready-made clothing.
  29. Slōp'y, a.p. 1244Sloping; inclined.
  30. Slōsh, n.p. 1244The same as SLUSH. See SLUSH.
  31. Slōsh'y, a.p. 1244The same as SLUSHY. See SLUSHY.
  32. Slōt, v. t.p. 1244To shut with violence; to slam, that is, to drive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.
  33. Slōt, n.p. 1244A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
  34. Slŏt, n.p. 1244The track of a deer. “As a blood-hound follows the slot of a hurt deer.” H. Scott. 2. (Mach.) A depression or mortise in a plate of metal, or a slit or aperture through it, for the reception of some…
  35. Slōte, n.p. 1244A trap door in the stage of a theater. Simmonds.
  36. Slōth or Slŏth, n.p. 1244Slowness; tardiness. This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. 2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. They change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth.…
  37. Slōth, v. i.p. 1244To be idle. [Obs.] Gower.
  38. Slōth'ful, a.p. 1244Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him, that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9.
  39. Slōth'ful-ly, adv.p. 1244In a slothful manner; lazily; sluggishly; idly.
  40. Slōth’ful-ness, n.p. 1244The state or quality of being slothful; indulgence of sloth; inactivity; the habit of idleness; laziness.
  41. Slōt'-hound, n.p. 1244A hound which tracks a deer by the slot; a blood-hound. “Misfortunes which track my footsteps like slot-hounds.” W. Scott.
  42. Slōt'ted, a.p. 1244Having a slot.
  43. Slōt'ter-y, a.p. 1244Squalid; dirty; sluttish; untrimmed. Chaucer. 2. Foul; wet. Pryce.
  44. Slŏt'ting-ma-chīne', n.p. 1244(Mach.) A machine-tool for making mortises, and the like;—a modification of the shaping-machine.
  45. Slouch, n.p. 1244A hanging down; a depression of the head or of some other part of the body; an ungainly, clownish gait. 2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
  46. Slouch, v. i.p. 1244To hang down; to have a downcast, clownish look, gait, or manner.
  47. Slouch, v. t.p. 1244To depress; to cause to hang down; as, to slouch the hat.
  48. Slouch'ing, p. a.p. 1244Hanging down; walking heavily and awkwardly.
  49. Slough, n.p. 1244A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. “He's here stuck in a slough.” Milton.
  50. Slough, n.p. 1244The cast skin of a serpent. 2. (Med.) The part that separates from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living in mortification.
  51. Slough, v. i.p. 1244(Surg.) To separate from the sound flesh; to come off, as the matter formed over a sore. To slough off, to separate from the living parts, as the dead part in mortification.
  52. Slough'y, a.p. 1244Full of sloughs; miry.
  53. Slough'y, a.p. 1244Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from flesh.
  54. Slōv'en, n.p. 1244A man careless of his dress, or negligent of cleanliness; a man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order. He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.
  55. Slŏv'en-li-ness, n.p. 1244The state or quality of being slovenly; negligence of dress; habitual want of cleanliness; neglect of order and neatness.
  56. Slōv'en-ly, a.p. 1244Negligent of dress or neatness; as, a slovenly man. 2. Loose; disorderly; not neat; as, a slovenly dress.
  57. Slŏv'en-ly, adv.p. 1245In a slovenly manner.
  58. Slōv'en-ness, n.p. 1245Slovenliness. [Obs.] Is slovenness any advantage to sanctity? Fuller.
  59. Slōv'en-ry, n.p. 1245Negligence of order or neatness; dirtiness. [Obs.] Shak.
  60. Slōw, a.p. 1245Moving a small distance in a given time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. 2. Not happening in a short time; late. These changes in…