SLEET
SLEET, noun1. A fall of hail or snow and rain together, usually in fine particles.2. In gunnery, the part of the mortar passing form the chamber to the trunnions for strengtheni...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SLEETY
SLEE'TY, adjective Bringing sleet.
SLEEVE
SLEEVE,1. The part of a garment that is fitted to cover the arm; as the sleeve of a coat or gown.2. The raveled sleeve of car, in Shakespeare. [See Sleave.]TO LAUGH IN THE SLEEV...
SLEEZY
SLEA'ZY, SLEE'ZY, adjective [probably from the root of loose.] Thin; flimsy; wanting firmness of texture or substance; as SLEEZY silk or muslin.
SLEID
SLEID, verb transitive To sley or prepare for use in the weaver's sley or slaie.
SLEIGH
SLEIGH, noun sla. [probably allied to sleek.] A vehicle moved on runners, and greatly used in America for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice. [This word the English wr...
SLEIGHT
SLEIGHT, noun slite.1. An artful trick; sly artifice; a trick or feat so dexterously performed that the manner of performance escapes observation; as sleight of hand.2. Dexterou...
SLEIGHTFUL
SLEIGHTFUL, SLEIGHTY, adjective Artful; cunningly dexterous.
SLEIGHTY
SLEIGHTFUL, SLEIGHTY adjective Artful; cunningly dexterous.
SLENDER
SLEN'DER, adjective1. Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; not thick; as a slender stem or stalk of a plant.2. Small in the waist; not thick or gross. A slende...
SLENDERLY
SLEN'DERLY, adverb1. Without bulk.2. Slightly; meanly; as a debt to be slenderly regarded.3. Insufficiently; as a table slenderly supplied.
SLENDERNESS
SLEN'DERNESS, noun Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as the slenderness of a hair.2. Want of bulk or strength; as the slenderness of a cord or chain.3...
SLENT
SLENT, verb intransitive To make an oblique remark. [Not used. See Slant.]
SLEPT
SLEPT, preterit tense and participle passive of sleep.
SLETE
SLATE, SLETE verb transitive To set a dog loose at any thing.
SLEW
SLEW, preterit tense of slay.
SLEY
SLEY, noun A weaver's reed. [See Sleave and Sleid.]SLEY, verb transitive To separate; to part threads and arrange them in a reed; as weavers.
SLICE
SLICE, verb transitive1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin broad piece.2. To cut into parts.3. To cut; to divide.SLICE, noun A thin broad piece cut off; as a slice o...
SLICED
SLI'CED, participle passive Cut into broad thin pieces.
SLICH
SLICH, noun The ore of a metal when pounded and prepared for working.
SLICING
SLI'CING, participle present tense Cutting into broad thin pieces.
SLICK
SLICK, the popular pronunciation of sleek, and so written by some authors.
SLICKENSIDES
SLICK'ENSIDES, noun A name which workmen give to a variety of galena in Derbyshire.
SLID
SLID, preterit tense of slide.SLID, SLID'DER, participle passive of slide.
SLIDDER
SLID'DER, verb intransitive [See Slide.] To slide with interruption. [Not in use.]
SLIDDERLY
SLID'DER, SLID'DERLY, adjective [See Slide.] Slippery. [Not in use.]
SLIDE
SLIDE, verb intransitivepreterit tense slid; participle passive slid, slidden.1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without bounding or rolling; to slip; to g...