Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Slōsh, n. p. 1244The same as SLUSH. See SLUSH.Slōsh'y, a. p. 1244The same as SLUSHY. See SLUSHY.Slōt, v. t. p. 1244To shut with violence; to slam, that is, to drive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.Slōt, n. p. 1244A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.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…Slōte, n. p. 1244A trap door in the stage of a theater. Simmonds.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.…Slōth, v. i. p. 1244To be idle. [Obs.] Gower.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.Slōth'ful-ly, adv. p. 1244In a slothful manner; lazily; sluggishly; idly.Slōth’ful-ness, n. p. 1244The state or quality of being slothful; indulgence of sloth; inactivity; the habit of idleness; laziness.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.Slōt'ted, a. p. 1244Having a slot.Slōt'ter-y, a. p. 1244Squalid; dirty; sluttish; untrimmed. Chaucer. 2. Foul; wet. Pryce.Slŏt'ting-ma-chīne', n. p. 1244(Mach.) A machine-tool for making mortises, and the like;—a modification of the shaping-machine.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.Slouch, v. i. p. 1244To hang down; to have a downcast, clownish look, gait, or manner.Slouch, v. t. p. 1244To depress; to cause to hang down; as, to slouch the hat.Slouch'ing, p. a. p. 1244Hanging down; walking heavily and awkwardly.Slough, n. p. 1244A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. “He's here stuck in a slough.” Milton.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.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.Slough'y, a. p. 1244Full of sloughs; miry.Slough'y, a. p. 1244Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from flesh.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.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.Slōv'en-ly, a. p. 1244Negligent of dress or neatness; as, a slovenly man. 2. Loose; disorderly; not neat; as, a slovenly dress.Slŏv'en-ly, adv. p. 1245In a slovenly manner.Slōv'en-ness, n. p. 1245Slovenliness. [Obs.] Is slovenness any advantage to sanctity? Fuller.Slōv'en-ry, n. p. 1245Negligence of order or neatness; dirtiness. [Obs.] Shak.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…Slōw, v. t. p. 1245To render slow; to retard; as, to slow a steamer.Slōw, n. p. 1245A moth. [Obs.] Chaucer.Slōw'băck, n. p. 1245A lubber; an idle fellow; a loi-terer. [Obs.]Slōw'-hound, n. p. 1245A sleuth-hound. W. Scott.Slōw'ly, adv. p. 1245In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readily; tardily.Slōw'ness, n. p. 1245The state or quality of being slow; moderate motion; want of speed or velocity; tardy advance; want of readiness or promptness; dullness; deliberation; dilatoriness; tardiness.Slōw's, n. p. 1245(Med.) Milk-sickness. See MILK-SICKNESS. Dunglison.Slōw'-worm, n. p. 1245(Zoöl.) A harmless reptile of the genus Anguis (A. fragilis), having a very brittle body; the blind-worm. Baird.Slŭb, n. p. 1245A roll of wool slightly twisted; — a term corresponding to rove and roving, in the manufacture of cotton; — called also slubbing.Slūb, v. t. p. 1245To draw out and slightly twist;— applied to wool.Slŭb'ber, v. t. p. 1245To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely. Slobber not business for my sake. Shak. 2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. There is no art that hath been more . . . slobbered with spleenizing…Slŭb'ber-de-gŭll'ion, n. p. 1245A mean, dirty, sorry wretch. [Low.] Hudibras.Slăb'ber-ing-ly, adv. p. 1245In a slovenly, or a hurried and imperfect manner. [Vulgar.] Drayton.Slŭb'bing, n. p. 1245See SLUB.Slŭb’bing-bĭl’ly or Slŭb’bing-ma-chĭne, n. p. 1245The machine by which slubs are formed.Slŭdge, n. p. 1245Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. Mortimer. 2. Small floating pieces of ice or snow. Kane.Slŭdge'-hōle, n. p. 1245The mud-hole in boilers of steam-engines by means of which the sediment, &c., can be removed.Slŭdg'er, n. p. 1245An instrument for boring in sludge or quicksand.Slūdg'y, a. p. 1245Miry; slushy. Partington.Slūe, v. t. p. 1245(Naut.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn;—used also of any heavy body. 2. To turn about; to twist;—often followed by round. They laughed, and…Slūe, v. i. p. 1245To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course;—often followed by round.Slŭg, n. p. 1245A drone; a slow, heavy, lazy fellow. Shak. 2. A hindrance; obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon. 3. (Zoöl.) A kind of snail, of the genus Limax, very destructive to plants. ☞ Slugs are naked snails, or snails…Slŭg, n. p. 1245A cylindrical or oval piece of metal, used for the charge of a gun.Slŭg, v. i. p. 1245To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.] “To slug in sloth and sensual delight.” Spenser.Slŭg, v. t. p. 1245To make sluggish. [Obs.] Milton.Slŭg, v. t. p. 1245To load with a slug; as, to slug a gun.Slŭg'a-bĕd, n. p. 1245One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [Obs.] Shak.Slŭg'gard, n. p. 1245A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Prov. vi. 6.Slŭg'gard, a. p. 1245Sluggish; lazy. Dryden.