SLASHING
SLASH'ING, participle present tense Striking violently and cutting at random.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SLAT
SLAT, noun [This is doubtless the sloat of the English dictionaries. See Sloat.] A narrow piece of board or timber used to fasten together larger pieces; as the slats of a cart ...
SLATCH
SLATCH, noun1. In seamen's language, the period of a transitory breeze.2. An interval of fair weather.3. Slack.
SLATE
SLATE, noun1. An argillaceous stone which readily splits into plates; argillite; argillaceous shist.2. A piece of smooth argillaceous stone, used for covering buildings.3. A pie...
SLATE-AX
SLA'TE-AX, noun A mattock with an ax-end; used in slating.
SLATED
SLA'TED, participle passive Covered with slates.
SLATER
SLA'TER, verb intransitive1. To be careless of dress and dirty.2. To be careless, negligent or awkward; to spill carelessly.
SLATTERN
SLAT'TERN, noun A woman who is negligent of her dress, or who suffers her clothes and furniture to be in disorder; one who is not neat and nice.SLAT'TERN, verb intransitive To s...
SLATTERNLY
SLAT'TERNLY, adverb Negligently; awkwardly.
SLATY
SLA'TY, adjective Resembling slate; having the nature or properties of slate; as a slaty color or texture; a slaty feel.
SLAUGHTER
SLAUGHTER, noun slaw'ter [See Slay.]1. In a general sense, a killing. Applied to men, slaughter usually denotes great destruction of life by violent means; as the slaughter of m...
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE, noun slaw'ter-house, A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
SLAUGHTER-MAN
SLAUGHTER-MAN, noun slaw'ter-man. One employed in killing.
SLAUGHTERED
SLAUGHTERED, participle passive slaw'tered. Slain; butchered.
SLAUGHTERING
SLAUGHTERING, participle present tense slaw'tering, Killing; destroying human life; butchering.
SLAUGHTEROUS
SLAUGHTEROUS, adjective slaw'terous. Destructive; murderous.
SLAVE
SLAVE, noun1. A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no will of his own, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. In th...
SLAVE-TRADE
SLA'VE-TRADE, noun [slave and trade.] The barbarous and wicked business of purchasing men and women, transporting them to a distant country and selling them for slaves.
SLAVEBORN
SLA'VEBORN, adjective Born in slavery.
SLAVEISH
SLA'VEISH, adjective1. Pertaining to slaves; servile; mean; base; such as becomes a slave; as a slavish dependence on the great.2. Servile; laborious; consisting in drudgery; as...
SLAVELIKE
SLA'VELIKE, adjective Like or becoming a slave.
SLAVER
SLAV'ER, noun [the same as slabber.] Saliva driveling from the mouth.SLAV'ER, verb intransitive1. To suffer the spittle to issue from the mouth.2. To be besmeared with saliva.SL...
SLAVERED
SLAV'ERED, participle passive Defiled with drivel.
SLAVERER
SLAV'ERER, noun A driveler; an idiot.
SLAVERING
SLAV'ERING, participle present tense Letting fall saliva.
SLAVERY
SLA'VERY, noun [See Slave.]1. Bondage; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another. slavery is the obligation to labor for the benefit of the master, wit...
SLAVISHLY
SLA'VISHLY, adverb Servilely; meanly; basely.