Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Slŭm'ber-ing-ly, adv. p. 1245In a slumbering manner.Slŭm'ber-less, a. p. 1245Without slumber; sleepless.Slŭm'ber-oŭs, a. p. 1245Inviting slumber; soporiferous. “Pensive in the slumberous shade.” Pope.Slŭm'ber-y, a. p. 1245Sleepy; drowsy. [Obs.] “Slumbery agitation.” Shak.Slŭmp, v. i. p. 1245To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a hard surface, as on snow, ice, frozen ground, a bog, &c., not strong enough to bear the person. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into…Slŭmp, v. t. p. 1245To lump; to throw into a mass. The different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.Slŭmp, n. p. 1245A boggy place. [Prov. Eng.] 2. The noise made by any thing falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]Slŭmp'y, a. p. 1245Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng.] Bartlett.Slŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 1245of slĭng. See SLING.Slŭng'-shŏt, n. p. 1245A metal ball of small size, with a string attached, used for striking.Slŭnk, imp. & p. p. p. 1245of slink. See SLINK.Slur, v. t. p. 1245To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. 2. To pass lightly; to conceal. With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden. 3. To cheat; to trick. [Rare.] “To slur men of what they…Slŭr, n. p. 1245A mark or stain; hence, slight reproach or disgrace; stigma; also, a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. “Gaining to his name a lasting slur.” South. 2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition.…Slŭrred, a. p. 1245(Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.Slŭsh, n. p. 1245Soft mud; sludge; slosh. 2. A mixture of snow and water; snow-broth. [Scottish and Prov. Eng. Collog. U. S.] 3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. 4. The refuse…Slŭsh, v. t. p. 1245To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast. 2. (Mach.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.Slūsh’y, a. p. 1245Consisting of, or resembling, slush.Slūt, n. p. 1245An untidy woman; a slattern; — often used in reproach. Sluts are good enough to make a sloven’s porridge. Old Proverb. 2. Hence, a servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.] Our little girl Susan is a most…Slŭtch, n. p. 1245Soft mud; slush; sludge. Pennant.Slūtch'y, a. p. 1245Miry; slushy. Pennant.Slūth'-hound, n. p. 1246The same as SLEUTH-HOUND.Slŭt'ter-y, n. p. 1246The character and conduct of a slut; neglect of cleanliness and order; dirtiness of clothes, rooms, furniture, or provisions; sluttishness; slatternliness. [Rare.] Drayton.Slŭt'tish, a. p. 1246Like a slut; untidy; careless; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. W. Scott. 2. Meretricious. [Rare.] Holiday.Slŭt'tish-ly, adv. p. 1246In a sluttish manner; negligently; dirtily.Slŭt'tish-ness, n. p. 1246The quality or state of being sluttish; negligence; dirtiness; slatternliness.Slȳ, a. p. 1246Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing;—in a good sense. Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly. Fairfax. 2.…Slȳ'-bōots, n. p. 1246A sly, cunning, or waggish person. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.Slȳ'ly, adv. p. 1246In a sly manner; craftily; insidiously.Slȳ'ness, n. p. 1246The state or quality of being sly; artfulness; cunning.Smăck, v. i. p. 1246To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with violence; to buss. 2. To make a noise by the separation of the lips, after tasting any thing. 3.…Smăck, v. t. p. 1246To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by…Smăck, n. p. 1246A loud kiss; a buss. Shak. 2. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 3. Taste; flavor; savor;—especially, a pleasing taste. 4. Hence, influence. “They felt the…Smăck, n. p. 1246(Naut.) A small vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.Smăck'ing, n. p. 1246A sharp, quick noise; a smack. “Like the faint smacking of an after kiss.” Dryden.Smăck'ing, a. p. 1246Making a sharp, brisk sound; as, a smacking breeze.Small, a. p. 1246Not large or extended in dimensions; little in quantity or degree; minute in bulk; diminutive; not great; not much. “To compare great things with small.” Milton. O most small fault, how ugly! Shak.…Small, n. p. 1246The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.Small, v. t. p. 1246To make little or less. [Obs.]Small'age, n. p. 1246(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant; Apium graveolens;—called also, especially as improved by cultivation, celery.Small'-ärms, n. pl. p. 1246Muskets, rifles, pistols, &c., in distinction from cannon.Small'-clothes, n. pl. p. 1246Breeches. See BREECHES.Small'-coal, n. p. 1246Little wood-coals used to light fires. Gay. 2. Coal about the size of a hazel-nut, separated from the coarser parts by screening.Small'ish, a. p. 1246Somewhat small.Small'ness, n. p. 1246The state of being small; as, (a.) Littleness of size, extent, amount, quantity, value, degree, and the like; diminutiveness; weakness; inconsiderableness; as, the smallness of a fly, of a child, of…Small'-piēce, n. p. 1246A Scotch coin worth about 2½d. sterling, or about 4½ cents.Small'-pŏx, n. p. 1246(Med.) An exanthematic disease, consisting of a constitutional febrile affection, and a cutaneous eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is first a papule, the top of which becomes a vesicle, and…Smalls, n. pl. p. 1246Small-clothes; breeches.Sma'lly, adv. p. 1246In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. [Rare.] Ascham.Smalt, n. p. 1246Common glass tinged of a fine deep blue, by the protoxide of cobalt ground fine, and used as a pigment in various arts.Smalt'ine, n. p. 1246(Min.) A tin-white or gray mineral, consisting of arsenic and cobalt, or arsenic and nickel, or sometimes all three combined with iron. Dana.Smār'agd, n. p. 1246The emerald. [Obs.]Sma-răg'dine, a. p. 1246Pertaining to emerald; consisting of emerald, or resembling it; of an emerald green.Sma-răg'dite, n. p. 1246(Min.) A certain mineral; green diallage.Smärt, n. p. 1246Lat. mors, death.] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a prickling, local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as, the smart of bodily punishment. 2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief…Smärt, v. i. p. 1246To feel a lively, pungent pain, particularly a pungent, local pain from some piercing or irritating application. 2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain; as, to smart under sufferings.…Smärt, a. p. 1246Causing a keen, local pain; pungent; pricking; as, a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste. 2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain or sufferings. 3. Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe. “Smart…Smärt'en, v. t. p. 1246To make smart. [Obs.]Smär'tle, v. i. p. 1246To waste away. [Obs.]Smärt'ly, adv. p. 1246In a smart manner; keenly; sharply; actively; wittily; showily.Smärt'-mōn'ey, n. p. 1246Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation. 2. (Mil.) (a.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and…