Part 72

~Shuffle~, _v. a._ Confuse, jumble, throw into disorder.

~Shuffle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade the truth.

~2.~ Struggle, shift, make shift.

~Shuffle~, _n._ Trick, quibble, prevarication, evasion, artifice, fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext.

~Shuffle off~, Discard, lay aside, get rid of.

~Shuffling~, _n._ Trick, SHUFFLE.

~Shuffling~, _a._ Fraudulent, quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous.

~Shun~, _v. a._ AVOID (_in a positive sense or denoting positive exertion_), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from.

~Shunt~, _v. a._ [_England._] Switch (_from one set of rails to another_).

~Shut~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, close up.

~2.~ Enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon.

~Shut out~, Exclude.

~Shut up~, ~1.~ Shut, close up.

~2.~ Confine, shut up, lock up.

~Shy~, _a._ ~1.~ Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest.

~2.~ Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.

~Shy~, _n._ ~1.~ Sudden start (_as of a horse_).

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fling, throw.

~Shy~, _v. a._ Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling.

~Shy~, _v. n._ Sheer, start aside.

~Shyster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Rogue, cheat, trickster, knave, shark, sharper, swindler, slyboots; sly, mean fellow.

~Sibilant~, _a._ Hissing.

~Siccative~, _a._ Drying.

~Siccity~, _n._ [_Rare._] Dryness, aridity, want of moisture.

~Sice~, _n._ Six (_at dice_).

~Sick~, _a._ ~1.~ Ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts.

~2.~ Nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach.

~3.~ Disgusted, tired, weary.

~Sicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nauseate, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.

~2.~ Disgust, weary.

~Sicken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Become sick, fall sick.

~2.~ Be disgusted, feel disgust.

~Sickening~, _a._ ~1.~ Nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling.

~2.~ Disgusting, distasteful, repulsive, revolting, foul, loathsome, offensive.

~Sickish~, _a._ Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.

~Sickle~, _n._ Reaping-hook.

~Sickle-shaped~, _a._ Falcate, falcated, hooked.

~Sickly~, _a._ Weak, feeble, ailing, languishing, unhealthy, piping, whining.

~Sickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Illness, disease, disorder, distemper, malady, complaint, ail, ailment, indisposition.

~2.~ Nausea.

~Side~, _n._ ~1.~ Verge, margin, edge, border.

~2.~ Party, sect, faction, interest.

~Side~, _a._ Lateral.

~Side~, _v. n._ Take sides.

~Side-board~, _n._ COMMODE.

~Side by side~, Abreast, along-side, by the side (_of one another_).

~Side-face~, _n._ Profile.

~Side-glance~, _n._ Ogle.

~Sidehill~, _n._ Declivity, hillside, slope, sloping ground.

~Sideling~, _a._ Sloping, inclined.

~Sideling~, _ad._ SIDEWISE.

~Sidelong~, _a._ Lateral, oblique, not direct.

~Sidelong~, _ad._ Laterally, obliquely.

~Sidereal~, _a._ Starry, stellar, astral.

~Side-saddle-flower~, _n._ Pitcher plant, huntsman's cup.

~Sidewalk~, _n._ Foot-way (_at the side of a street_), foot-path.

~Sideways~, _ad._ Laterally, SIDEWISE.

~Sidewise~, _ad._ Laterally, sideways, sideling.

~Siege~, _n._ Investment.

~Siesta~, _n._ [Sp.] Nap (_after dinner_).

~Sieve~, _n._ Bolt.

~Sift~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bolt.

~2.~ Scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into.

~Sigh~, _n._ Long breath.

~Sight~, _n._ ~1.~ Perception, view, ken, cognizance.

~2.~ Vision, sense of sight.

~3.~ Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.

~4.~ Inspection, examination.

~Sightless~, _a._ Blind, eyeless, unseeing.

~Sightly~, _a._ ~1.~ Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.

~2.~ Comely, handsome, beautiful.

~Sign~, _n._ ~1.~ Token, mark, note, indication, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem.

~2.~ Signal, beacon.

~3.~ Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen.

~Sign~, _v. a._ Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to.

~Signal~, _n._ Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.

~Signal~, _a._ Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted, conspicuous.

~Signal-fire~, _n._ Beacon.

~Signalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.

~2.~ Make a signal to.

~3.~ Indicate by a signal.

~Signature~, _n._ ~1.~ Stamp, mark.

~2.~ Sign-manual.

~Signet~, _n._ Seal (_especially of a sovereign_).

~Significance~, _n._ ~1.~ Meaning, import, purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significancy~, Meaning, import purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significant~, _a._ ~1.~ Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning.

~2.~ Important, weighty, momentous.

~Signification~, _n._ ~1.~ Expression.

~2.~ Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation.

~Signify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport.

~2.~ Express, declare, proclaim, make known.

~Signify~, _v. n._ Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

~Sign-manual~, _n._ Signature.

~Silence~, _n._ ~1.~ Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.

~3.~ Oblivion, obscurity.

~Silence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Still, hush, gag, stifle, muzzle, muffle, put to silence.

~2.~ Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put an end to.

~Silence~, _interj._ Hush, whist, mum, soft, tush, chut, tut, be still, be silent, hold your tongue.

~Silent~, _a._ ~1.~ Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.

~3.~ Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.

~4.~ Dormant, not active.

~Silex~, _n._ Silica, silicic acid, pure quartz, pure flint, oxide of silicon.

~Silica~, _n._ SILEX.

~Silicic acid~, SILEX.

~Silken~, _a._ Silky.

~Silk-weed~, _n._ Milk-weed, wild cotton.

~Silky~, _a._ Silken.

~Sill~, _n._ ~1.~ Lower piece of a frame (_as of a door or a window_).

~2.~ Ground-sill, ground-plate.

~Silly~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple, weak, childish, inept.

~2.~ Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical.

~Silt~, _n._ Sediment, deposit, alluvium.

~Silver~, _a._ ~1.~ Silvery, of silver.

~2.~ White, bright, of the color of silver.

~3.~ Soft and clear (_as sound_), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.

~Silvery~, _a._ SILVER.

~Similar~, _a._ Like, resembling.

~Similarity~, _n._ Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.

~Simile~, _n._ Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.

~Similitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.

~2.~ Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.

~Simmer~, _v. n._ Boil (_gently_), seethe, stew.

~Simmering~, _a._ Boiling, piping.

~Simoom~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simoon~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simper~, _v. n._ Smile (_affectedly_), smirk.

~Simper~, _n._ Smirk, affected smile.

~Simple~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.

~2.~ Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.

~3.~ Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple- hearted, simple-minded.

~4.~ Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.

~Simple~, _n._ Medicinal plant.

~Simple-hearted~, _a._ Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.

~Simple-minded~, _a._ SIMPLE-HEARTED.

~Simplicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.

~2.~ Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.

~3.~ Silliness, folly, weakness.

~Simplify~, _v. a._ Make simple.

~Simply~, _ad._ ~1.~ Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.

~2.~ Merely, barely, solely, of itself.

~Simulate~, _v. a._ Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.

~Simulation~, _n._ Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT, PRETENCE.

~Simultaneously~, _ad._ At the same time.

~Sin~, _n._ Offence (_against the divine law_), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

~Sin~, _v. n._ Trespass, do wrong.

~Sinapism~, _n._ Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

~Since~, _conj._ Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that, inasmuch as.

~Since~, _ad._ ~1.~ Ago, before this.

~2.~ From that time.

~Since~, _prep._ After, from the time of, subsequently to.

~Sincere~, _a._ ~1.~ True, real, unfeigned, genuine, unaffected, unvarnished, not pretended.

~2.~ Honest, ingenuous, open, frank, candid, hearty, undissembling, artless, guileless, single.

~Sincerity~, _n._ Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.

~Sinciput~, _n._ (_Anat._) Bregma, top of the head.

~Sine qua non~, [L.] Necessity, necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable thing, indispensable condition.

~Sinew~, _n._ Tendon.

~Sinewy~, _a._ Muscular, brawny, athletic, stalwart, strapping, robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

~Sinful~, _a._ Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong, criminal, mischievous, bad.

~Sinfulness~, _n._ Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.

~Sing~, _v. n._ Carol, chant, warble.

~Sing~, _v. a._ Carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.

~Singe~, _v. a._ Scorch, burn (_slightly_).

~Singer~, _n._ Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist, minstrel.

~Single~, _a._ ~1.~ Sole, one only.

~2.~ Particular, individual, separate.

~3.~ Unmarried, unwedded.

~4.~ Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded.

~5.~ Alone, solitary, isolated.

~6.~ Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous.

~Single~, _v. a._ Choose, select, single out.

~Single-handed~, _a._ Alone, unaided, unassisted, by one's self.

~Singleness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unity, individuality.

~2.~ Purity, simplicity.

~3.~ Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness.

~4.~ Celibacy, single blessedness.

~Single life~, Celibacy, unmarried state.

~Single out~, Choose, select, single, pick.

~Single-tree~, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree.

~Singular~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncompounded, not complex.

~2.~ Unusual, uncommon, rare, unwonted, strange, odd, extraordinary, eccentric, queer, BIZARRE, out of the way.

~3.~ Particular, peculiar, exceptional, unexampled, unparalleled, remarkable.

~Singularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncommonness, rareness, rarity, strangeness, oddness, abnormity, aberration, irregularity.

~2.~ Peculiarity, particularity, idiosyncrasy, individuality.

~3.~ Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.

~Sinister~, _a._ ~1.~ Left, on the left hand.

~2.~ Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious.

~3.~ Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal.

~Sink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall (_gradually_), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.

~2.~ Penetrate, enter.

~3.~ Be depressed, be overwhelmed.

~4.~ Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.

~Sink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.

~2.~ Dig, excavate, scoop out.

~3.~ Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.

~4.~ Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.

~5.~ Suppress, conceal, keep close.

~6.~ Reduce.

~Sink~, _n._ Drain, sewer.

~Sinless~, _a._ Guileless, innocent, spotless, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, unblemished, untarnished, undented, unsullied, pure.

~Sinlessness~, _n._ Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity, impeccability.

~Sinner~, _n._ Offender, delinquent, criminal, wrong-doer, evil-doer, wicked person, irreligious person.

~Sinologue~, _n._ Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese literature.

~Sinuate~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuated~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuosity~, _n._ Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.

~Sinuous~, _a._ Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.

~Sinus~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bay, recess.

~2.~ Fold, hollow, cavity.

~Sip~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sup.

~Sip~, _n._ Slight taste, small draught.

~Sire~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Father.

~2.~ Male parent (_of a beast_).

~Siren~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempter, seducer, Circe, bewitching or fascinating woman.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Mud iguana.

~Siren~, _a._ Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.

~Siriasis~, _n._ [L.] [_Med._] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sirius~, _n._ Canicula, dog-star.

~Siskin~, _n._ Aberdevine (_Carduelis spinus_).

~Sit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be seated, have a seat.

~2.~ Perch (_as a bird_).

~3.~ Stay, rest, settle.

~4.~ Brood (_as fowls_), incubate.

~5.~ Fit, be adjusted.

~6.~ Hold a session.

~Site~, _n._ Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat, station.

~Sitting~, _n._ Session.

~Situation~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, locality, station, location, site, position, seat, ground, spot.

~2.~ Condition, state, plight, case, predicament, category, circumstances.

~3.~ Post, station, office, BERTH, employment.

~Six-sided~, _a._ Hexahedral, cubic.

~Sixthly~, _ad._ In the sixth place.

~Sizable~, _a._ ~1.~ Of suitable size.

~2.~ Of considerable size.

~Size~, _n._ ~1.~ Bigness, greatness, magnitude, bulk, volume, dimensions.

~2.~ Sizing, weak glue, glutinous substance.

~Sizing~, _n._ Size, weak glue.

~Skein~, _n._ Knot.

~Skeleton~, _n._ ~1.~ Framework.

~2.~ Sketch, outline, draught, rough draught.

~Skeptic~, n. [Written also _Sceptic_] ~1.~ Doubter, pyrrhonist.

~2.~ Deist, infidel, unbeliever, freethinker.

~Skeptical~, _a._ [Written also _Sceptical_.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

~Skepticism~, _n._ [Written also _Scepticism_.] ~1.~ Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

~2.~ Unbelief, infidelity, free-thinking.

~Sketch~, _n._ Outline, drawing, delineation, plan, skeleton, pencilling, plot, rough draft, first draft, design in outline.

~Sketch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw (_in outline_), chalk out, make a rough draught of.

~2.~ Depict, delineate, represent, portray, paint, pencil, shadow forth.

~Sketchy~, _a._ Incomplete, unfinished, only in outline.

~Skilful~, _a._ [Written also _Skillful_.] Skilled, well-versed, versed, conversant, proficient, learned, knowing, intelligent, ingenious, competent, able, clever, qualified, practised, trained, initiated, prepared, accomplished, expert, dexterous, adroit, apt, handy, ready, quick, masterly, good at, master of, at home in, in one's element.

~Skilfully~, _ad._ Ably, cleverly, well, in a skilful manner, SECUNDUM ARTEM.

~Skilfulness~, _n._ SKILL, dexterity.

~Skill~, _n._ Skilfulness, dexterity, dexterousness, aptness, adroitness, readiness, facility, expertness, cleverness, quickness, knack, address, ingenuity, ability.

~Skilled~, _a._ SKILFUL.

~Skim~, _v. n._ Pass lightly or superficially.

~Skin~, _n._ ~1.~ Hide, pelt, derm, CUTIS.

~2.~ Husk, hull, peel, rind.

~Skin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Flay, excoriate.

~2.~ Peel, pare.

~3.~ Cover with a skin or crust.

~Skin-deep~, _a._ Superficial, slight.

~Skin-flint~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, scrimp, screw, curmudgeon, lick-penny, sordid wretch.

~Skin-like~, _a._ Dermatoid.

~Skinny~, _a._ Lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled, fallen away.

~Skip~, _v. n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.

~Skip~, _v. a._ Disregard, omit, neglect, miss, skip over, pass without notice.

~Skip~, _n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.

~Skip over~, Disregard, SKIP.

~Skipper~, _n._ ~1.~ Master (_of a small vessel_), captain.

~2.~ (_Ich._) Saury-pike (_Scomberesox saurus_).

~3.~ [_Ent._] Cheese maggot.

~Skirmish~, _n._ Fight (_of slight consequence_), battle, collision, conflict, combat, brush, affair.

~Skirt~, _n._ ~1.~ Flap, loose part (_of a garment below the waist_).

~2.~ Petticoat.

~3.~ Edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part.

~Skirt~, _v. a._ Border, form the border or edge of.

~Skirting~, _n._ Skirting-board.

~Skirting-board~, _n._ Washboard, skirting, mop-board.

~Skittish~, _a._ Shy (_as a horse_), timid, timorous, easily frightened.

~Skittles~, _n. pl._ Ninepins.

~Skulk~, _v. n._ Lurk, hide, sneak, slink, lie hid.

~Skulker~, _n._ Lurker, shirk, sneak.

~Skull~, _n._ Cranium, brain-pan.

~Skunk-blackbird~, _n._ SKUNK-BIRD.

~Skunk-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, skunk-blackbird (_Emberiza oryzivora_).

~Skunk-cabbage~, _n._ Swamp-cabbage, (_Symplocarpus fœtidus_), skunk- weed.

~Skunk-weed~, _n._ SKUNK-CABBAGE.

~Sky~, _n._ Firmament, heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

~Sky-blue~, _a._ Cerulean, azure, sky-colored.

~Sky-color~, _n._ Azure, blue.

~Skyey~, _a._ Ethereal.

~Sky-lark~, _n._ Laverock (_Alauda arvensis_).

~Skylarking~, _n._ Frolicking, sporting, carousing.

~Slabber~, _v. a._ Slaver, slobber.

~Slabber~, _v. n._ Slaver, drivel.

~Slabber~, _n._ Slaver, slobber.

~Slabberer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slaverer.

~Slabby~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Viscous, sticky, glutinous, thick.

~2.~ Wet, slimy, muddy, sloppy.

~Slack~, _a._ ~1.~ Backward, remiss, careless, negligent.

~2.~ Slow, tardy, dilatory, lingering, not quick, not rapid.

~3.~ Loose, relaxed, not tight, not tense.

~Slack~, _v. n._ SLACKEN.

~Slack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ SLACKEN.

~2.~ Slake (_as lime_).

~Slacked-lime~, _n._ Hydrate of lime.

~Slacken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slack, abate, become less intense.

~2.~ Become loose or slack, be made less tight or tense.

~Slacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retard, slack, moderate, make slower.

~2.~ Loosen, relax, make less tight or tense, lessen the tension of.

~3.~ Lessen, diminish, abate.

~Slag~, _n._ Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders.

~Slake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quench, extinguish, allay.

~2.~ Slack (_as lime_).

~Slander~, _v. a._ Defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against.

~Slander~, _n._ Defamation (_maliciously uttered_), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon.

~Slanderer~, _n._ Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner.

~Slanderous~, _a._ Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious.

~Slang~, _n._ Cant, low language, colloquial expression, inelegant expression.

~Slant~, _a._ SLANTING.

~Slant~, _n._ Slope.

~Slant~, _v. n._ Slope, lean, incline.

~Slanting~, _a._ Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant.

~Slap~, _n._ Blow (_with something broad_), clap.

~Slap~, _ad._ With a slap.

~Slap~, _v. a._ Strike (_with something broad_), dab, pat.

~Slap-dash~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] In a hurry, in a hurry-scurry, without forethought, at hap hazard, at random.

~Slapjack~, _n._ Flapjack.

~Slash~, _v. a._ Slit.

~Slash~, _n._ Slit, long cut.

~Slashed~, _a._ ~1.~ Slit, cut.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Lancinate, multifid.

~Slattern~, _n._ Slut, drab, draggletail, slovenly woman.

~Slattern~, _a._ Sluttish, SLATTERNLY.

~Slatternly~, _a._ Sluttish, slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly, dirty.

~Slatternly~, _ad._ Sluttishly, negligently.

~Slaty~, _a._ Laminated, laminar, schistous, schistose.

~Slaughter~, _n._ Massacre, MURDER, carnage, bloodshed, butchery, ASSASSINATION, MANSLAUGHTER.

~Slaughter~, _v. a._ Massacre, slay, kill, butcher, despatch, MURDER.

~Slaughterer~, _n._ Murderer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut- throat.

~Slave~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondsman, vassal, SERF, thrall, bond-servant.

~2.~ Drudge.

~Slave~, _v. n._ Drudge, toil, moil.

~Slaver~, _n._ Drivel, slabber, slobber.

~Slaver~, _v. n._ Slabber, slobber, drivel.

~Slaverer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slabberer.

~Slavery~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondage, servitude, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, inthralment, enslavement, captivity.

~2.~ Drudgery.

~Slavish~, _a._ ~1.~ Servile, low, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, sneaking, beggarly, base-minded, low-minded.

~2.~ Drudging, laborious, menial.

~Slavonic~, _a._ Sclavonic.

~Slay~, _v. a._ Kill, slaughter, murder, massacre, destroy, despatch, ASSASSINATE.

~Slayer~, _n._ Killer, murderer, SLAUGHTERER.

~Sleazy~, _a._ Thin, flimsy, weak.

~Sled~, _n._ SLEDGE.

~Sledge~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Sled.

~2.~ Sledge-hammer.

~Sledge-hammer~, _n._ Sledge.

~Sleek~, _a._ Smooth, glossy.

~Sleep~, _v. n._ SLUMBER, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop asleep, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Sleep~, _n._ Slumber, repose, rest.

~Sleepiness~, _n._ Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to sleep.

~Sleepless~, _a._ Wakeful, without sleep.

~Sleep-walker~, _n._ Somnambulist, night-walker, noctambulist.

~Sleep-walking~, _n._ Somnambulism.

~Sleepy~, _a._ Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep.

~Sleight~, _n._ ~1.~ Sly artifice, artful trick.

~2.~ Adroitness, dexterity, manœuvring, dexterous management.

~Sleight of hand~, Legerdemain, hocus-pocus, jugglery.

~Slender~, _a._ ~1.~ Slim, thin, narrow, minute, CAPILLARY.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy.

~3.~ Small, little, inconsiderable.

~4.~ Meagre, scanty, sparing, inadequate, pitiful, lean, lenten, not ample, not enough.

~Slewed~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Drunk, fuddled, corned, tipsy, muddled, intoxicated, inebriated, maudlin, NAPPY, TIGHT, high, GROGGY, disguised, mellow, in liquor, HALF SEAS OVER, has had a drop too much, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.

~Sley~, _n._ Weaver's reed.

~Slice~, _v. a._ Cut (_into thin pieces_).

~Slice~, _n._ Collop, chop, thin piece.

~Slide~, _v. n._ Glide, slip, move smoothly.

~Slide~, _n._ Glide, slip.

~Slight~, _a._ ~1.~ Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little account.

~2.~ Weak, frail, feeble, fragile, flimsy, slender.

~3.~ Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty.

~Slight~, _n._ Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignity.

~Slight~, _v. a._ Neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise, scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on.

~Slightly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Little, in a small degree.

~2.~ Weakly, feebly, slenderly.

~3.~ Cursorily, negligently, hastily, in a superficial manner.

~4.~ Scornfully, contemptuously, disrespectfully, slightingly.

~Slightingly~, _ad._ Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously, slightly, with contempt, with scorn.

~Slim~, _a._ ~1.~ Slender, thin, narrow, lank, gaunt, meagre.

~2.~ Weak, slight, trivial, trifling, paltry, unsubstantial, inconsiderable, poor.

~Slime~, _n._ Mud, ooze, mire.

~Slimy~, _a._ ~1.~ Miry, muddy, oozy.

~2.~ Ropy, clammy, viscous, viscid, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, gelatinous, mucous, SLABBY.

~Sling~, _v. a._ Throw, cast, hurl, fling.

~Sling up~, [_Colloquial._] Hang, suspend.

~Slink~, _v. n._ Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.

~Slink away~, SLINK.

~Slip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glide, slide.

~2.~ Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault.

~Slip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put stealthily, convey secretly.

~2.~ Throw off, disengage one's self from.

~3.~ Loose, loosen, let loose, let go, let slip.

~Slip~, _n._ ~1.~ Slide, glide, move smoothly.

~2.~ Error, mistake, fault, lapse, shortcoming, trip, oversight.

~3.~ Cutting, twig, shoot.

~4.~ Strip, long and narrow piece.

~Slip away~, ~1.~ Escape, glide away, slide away.

~2.~ Sneak, skulk, slink, steal away, slink away.

~Slip on~, Put on hastily.

~Slippery~, _a._ ~1.~ Smooth, glib.

~2.~ Unstable, uncertain, changeable, mutable, unsteady, shaky.

~3.~ Treacherous, perfidious, faithless, knavish, dishonest, false.

~Slipslop~, _a._ Washy, trashy, feeble, poor.

~Slit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut (_lengthwise_).

~2.~ Sunder, divide, rend.

~Slit~, _n._ Long cut.

~Slobber~, _v. a._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Slobber~, _v. n._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Sloe~, _n._ Black-thorn (_Prunus spinosa_).

~Slogan~, _n._ [_Scotland._] War-cry or gathering-word (_of a Highland clan_).

~Slop~, _v. a._ Spill.

~Slope~, _n._ Inclination, acclivity or declivity.

~Slope~, _v. a._ Incline.

~Slope~, _v. n._ Incline, slant, take an oblique direction.