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Belg. _slorig_, sordidus.
_Ramsay._
SLETT, _s._ L. _flet_, q. v.
_Kelly._
SLEUTH, _s._ Sloth; A. S. _slewth_.
_Doug._
~Sleuth~, ~Slueth~, _adj._ Slothful.
_Diallog._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. a._ To neglect, or to do work carelessly, S. B.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ ~Sleuth~, _v. n._ To linger.
_Douglas._
SLEUTH, _s._ The tract of man or beast, as known by the scent.
_Barbour._
~Sleuth-hund~, ~Slouth-hund~, ~Sloith-hund~, ~Sloth-brache~, ~Slough-dog~, _s._ A blood-hound.
_Barbour._
Isl. _slod_, semita, vestigia; Ir. _sliocht_, a tract.
SLEW FYR, struck fire.
_Barbour._
Teut. _vier-sla-en_, excutere ignem.
SLEWYT, _pret._ Slipped.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _slaa knut_, nodum nectere.
_To_ SLICHT, _v. a._ To contrive.
_Doug._
Isl. _slaegd_, fraus, dolus.
SLICHT, SLIGHT, _adj._ Worthless, S.
_Spalding._
Su. G. _slaet karl_, h.o.m.o flocci.
SLICK-WORM, _s._ A worm bred in the ooze of rivers, S.
V. ~Slik~.
_Statist. Acc._
SLID, SLYD, SLIDE, _adj._
1. Slippery, S.
_Douglas._
2. Mutable, uncertain.
_Pal. Hon._
3. Cajoling, wheedling, S.
A. S. _slith_, sliddery.
~Slidness~, _s._
1. Slipperiness, S.
2. Smoothness of versification.
_Ramsay._
~Slidder~, _adj._ Unstable, variable.
_Lynds._
~Slidder~, _s._ Slipperiness.
