Chapter 1567

Slug"gard , a. Sluggish; lazy.

Dryden.

Sluggardize <Xpage=1357>

Slug"gard*ize (?) , v. t. To make lazy. [R.]

Shak.

Sluggardy <Xpage=1357>

Slug"gard*y (?) , n. [OE. sloggardye .] The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.

Gower.

Idleness is rotten sluggardy . Chaucer.

Slugger <Xpage=1357>

Slug"ger (?) , n. One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter. [Cant or Slang]

<-- (Baseball) A player with a high batting average, esp. one who hits many home runs. -->

Sluggish <Xpage=1357>

Slug"gish (?) , a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man .

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream .

3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

Matter, being impotent, sluggish , and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward.

And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit."

Milton.

Syn. -- Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert .

-- Slug"gish*ly , adv. -- Slug"gish*ness , n.

Sluggy <Xpage=1357>

Slug"gy (?) , a. Sluggish. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Slug-horn <Xpage=1357>

Slug"-horn` (?) , a. An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne , or sloggorne , meaning slogan .

Slugs <Xpage=1357>

Slugs (?) , n. pl. (Mining) Half-roasted ore.

Slugworm <Xpage=1357>

Slug"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.

Sluice <Xpage=1357>

Sluice (?) , n. [OF. escluse , F. \'82cluse , LL. exclusa , sclusa , from L. excludere , exclusum , to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See Exclude .] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate.

2. Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.

Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. Harte.

This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility. I. Taylor.

3. The stream flowing through a flood gate.

4. (Mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.

Sluice gate , the sliding gate of a sluice.

Sluice <Xpage=1357>

Sluice , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sluiced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sluicing (?) .] 1. To emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.]

Milton.

2. To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows .

Howitt.

He dried his neck and face, which he had been sluicing with cold water. De Quincey.

3. To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining .

Sluiceway <Xpage=1357>

Sluice"way` (?) , n. An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.

Sluicy <Xpage=1357>

Slui`cy (?) , a. Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.

And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain. Dryden.

Slum <Xpage=1357>

Slum (?) , n. [CF. Slump , n. ] 1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives .

Dickens.

2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes .

Slumber <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slumbered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering .] [OE. slombren , slumberen , slumeren , AS. slumerian , fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern , slumen , G. schlummern , Dan. slumre , Sw. slumra , Goth. slawan to be silent.] 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

Piers Plowman.

He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?"

Young.

Slumber <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber , v. t. 1. To lay to sleep. [R.]

Wotton.

2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Slumber <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber , n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

He at last fell into a slumber , and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan.

Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber . Shak.

Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden.

Slumberer <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber*er (?) , n. One who slumbers; a sleeper.

Slumberingly <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber*ing*ly , adv. In a slumbering manner.

Slumberless <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber*less , a. Without slumber; sleepless.

Slumberous <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber*ous (?) , a. 1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. "Pensive in the slumberous shade."

Pope.

2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.

His quiet and almost slumberous countenance. Hawthorne.

Slumbery <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ber*y (?) , a. Sleepy. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Slumbrous <Xpage=1357>

Slum"brous (?) , a. Slumberous.

Keats.

Slumming <Xpage=1357>

Slum"ming , vb. n. Visiting slums.

Slump <Xpage=1357>

Slump (?) , n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump , v.t.] The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]

Slump <Xpage=1357>

Slump , v. t. [Cf. Lump ; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess.

These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

Slump <Xpage=1357>

Slump , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slumped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping .] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.] To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.

The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump . Barrow.

Slump <Xpage=1357>

Slump , n. 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]

Slumpy <Xpage=1357>

Slump"y (?) , a. Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

Bartlett.

Slung <Xpage=1357>

Slung (?) , imp. & p. p. of Sling .

Slung shot , a metal ball of small size, with a string attached, used by ruffians for striking.

Slunk <Xpage=1357>

Slunk (?) , imp. & p. p. of Slink .

Slur <Xpage=1357>

Slur (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slurred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (?) .] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl<?/ra , slo<?/ra , to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren , sloren , to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor , sloerie , a sluttish girl.] 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

Cudworth.

2. To disparage; to traduce.

Tennyson.

3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.

4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]

To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.

5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables .

6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

Busby.

7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Slur <Xpage=1357>

Slur , n. 1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. "Gaining to his name a lasting slur ."

South.

2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]

3. (Mus.) A mark, thus [&upslur; or &downslur;], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.

4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

Slurred <Xpage=1357>

Slurred (?) , a. (Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.

Slush <Xpage=1357>

Slush (?) , n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also slosh .] 1. Soft mud.

2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

Slush <Xpage=1357>

Slush (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slushed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing .] 1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast .

2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Slushy <Xpage=1357>

Slush"y (?) , a. Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy ; the snow is slushy . "A dark, drizzling, slushy day."

Blackw. Mag.

Slut <Xpage=1357>

Slut (?) , n. [OE. slutte ; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel. sl\'94ttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.] 1. An untidy woman; a slattern.

Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge. Old Proverb.

2. A servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.]

Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut , and pleases us mightly, doing more service than both the others. Pepys.

3. A female dog; a bitch.

Slutch <Xpage=1357>

Slutch (?) , n. [CF. Sludge .] Slush. [Prov. Eng.]

Slutchy <Xpage=1357>

Slutch"y (?) , a. Slushy. [Prov. Eng.]

Pennant.

Sluthhound <Xpage=1357>

Sluth"hound` (?) , n. Sleuthhound.

Sluttery <Xpage=1357>

Slut"ter*y (?) , n. The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.

Drayton.

Sluttish <Xpage=1357>

Slut"tish (?) , a. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman .

Why is thy lord so slutish , I thee pray. Chaucer.

An air of liberal, though sluttish , plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott.

-- Slut"tish*ly , adv. -- Slut"tish*ness , n.

Sly <Xpage=1357>

Sly (?) , a. [ Compar. Slier (?) or Slyer ; superl. Sliest or Slyest .] [OE. sli , slegh , sleih , Icel sl<?/gr , for sl<?/gr ; akin to Sw. slug , Dan. slu , LG. slou , G. schlau ; probably to E. slay , v.t.; cf. G. ver schlagen sly. See Slay , v. t. , and cf. Sleight .] 1. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves. Wyclif (Matt. x. 16).

Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly . Fairfax.

2. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness, The litle of the kingdom I possess. Spenser.

3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick .

Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner. I. Watts.

4. Light or delicate; slight; thin. [Obs.]

By the sly , &or; On the sly , in a sly or secret manner. [Colloq.] "Gazed on Hetty's charms by the sly ." G. Eliot . -- Sly goose (Zo\'94l.) , the common sheldrake; -- so named from its craftiness.

Syn. -- Cunning; crafty; subtile; wily. See Cunning .

Sly <Xpage=1357>

Sly , adv. Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic]

Spenser.

Slyboots <Xpage=1357>

Sly"boots` (?) , n. A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.

Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith.

Slyly <Xpage=1357>

Sly"ly , adv. In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.

Honestly and slyly he it spent. Chaucer.

Slyness <Xpage=1357>

Sly"ness , n. The quality or state of being sly.

Slype <Xpage=1357>

Slype (?) , n. [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]

Smack <Xpage=1357>

Smack (?) , n. [D. smak ; akin to LG. smack , smak , Dan. smakke , G. schmacke , F. semaque .] (Naut.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Smack <Xpage=1357>

Smack , n. [OE. smak , AS. ssm<?/c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak , G. ge schmack , OHG. smac ; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant. Cf. Smack , v. i. ] 1. Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine . Also used figuratively.

So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness. Robynson (More's Utopia).

They felt the smack of this world. Latimer.

2. A small quantity; a taste.

Dryden.

3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack ."

Shak.

4. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

5. A quick, smart blow; a slap.

Johnson.

Smack <Xpage=1357>

Smack , adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]

Smack <Xpage=1357>

Smack , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smacked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smacking .] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken , G. schmecken , OHG. smechen to taste, smach<?/n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen , smackzeen ), Icel smakka to taste, Sw. smaka , Dan. smage . See 2d Smack , n. ] 1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.

All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Shak.

3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Smack <Xpage=1357>

Smack , v. t. 1. To 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 separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.

Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish. Sir W. Scott.

3. To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip . "She smacks the silken thong."

Young.

Smacking <Xpage=1357>

Smack"ing , n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack.

Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden.

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Smacking <Xpage=1358>

Smack"ing (?) , a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze .

Small <Xpage=1358>

Small (?) , a. [ Compar. Smaller (?) ; superl. Smallest .] [OE. small , AS. sm $ l ; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal , Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ a sheep or goat.] 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river .

To compare Great things with small . Milton.

2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business .

3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the reatest man. Carlyle.

4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space .

Shak.

5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. "A still, small voice."

1 Kings xix. 12.