Webster's Dictionary 1828

2917

SLIPPERINESS

SLIP'PERINESS, noun1. The state or quality of being slippery; lubricity; smoothness; glibness; as the slipperiness of ice or snow; the slipperiness of the tongue.2. Uncertainty;...

2918

SLIPPERY

SLIP'PERY, adjective1. Smooth; glib; having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; as, oily substances render things slippery2. Not affording firm footing or confidence; as a sli...

2919

SLIPPY

SLIP'PY, adjective Slippery. [Not in use.]

2920

SLIPSHOD

SLIP'SHOD, adjective [slip and shod.] Wearing shoes like slippers, without pulling up the quarters.

2921

SLIPSTRING

SLIP'STRING, noun [slip and string.] One that has shaken off restraint; a prodigal; called also slopthrift, but I believe seldom or never used.

2922

SLIT

SLIT, verb transitivepreterit tense slit; participle passive slot or slitted.1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bard into nail rods.2. To ...

2923

SLITTER

SLIT'TER, noun One that slits.

2924

SLITTING

SLIT'TING, participle present tense Cutting lengthwise.

2925

SLITTING-MILL

SLIT'TING-MILL, noun A mill where iron bars are slit into nail rods _ c.

2926

SLIVE

SLIVE, verb intransitive To sneak.

2927

SLIVER

SLIV'ER, verb transitive To cut or divide into long thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; as, to sliver wood.SLIV'ER, noun A long piece cut or rent ...

2928

SLOAT

SLOAT, noun [from the root of Latin claudo.] A narrow piece of timber which holds together larger pieces; as the sloats of a cart. [In New England, this is called a slat, as the...

2929

SLOBBER

SLOB'BER, and its derivatives, are a different orthography of slabber, the original pronunciation of which was probably slobber [See Slabber and Slaver.]

2930

SLOCK

SLOCK, to quench, is a different orthography of slake, but not used.

2931

SLOE

SLOE, noun A small wild plum, the fruit of the black thorn. [Prunus spinosa.]

2932

SLOE-WORM

SLOW-WORM, SLOE-WORM noun An insect found on the leaves of the sloe-tree, which often changes its skin and assumes different colors. It changes into a four winged fly.

2933

SLOOM

SLOOM, noun Slumber. [Not used.]

2934

SLOOMY

SLOOM'Y, adjective Sluggish; slow. [Not used.]

2935

SLOOP

SLOOP, noun A vessel with one mast, the main-sail of which is attached to a gaff above, to a boom below, and to the mast on its foremost edge. It differs from a cutter by having...

2936

SLOP

SLOP, verb transitive [probably allied to lap.] To drink greedily and grossly. [Little used.]SLOP, noun [probably allied to slabber.]1. Water carelessly thrown about on a table ...

2937

SLOPE

SLOPE, adjective [This word contains the elements of Latin labor, lapsus, and Eng. slip; also of Latin levo. Eng. lift. I know not whether it originally signified ascending or d...

2938

SLOPENESS

SLO'PENESS, noun Declivity; obliquity. [Not much used.]

2939

SLOPEWISE

SLO'PEWISE, adverb Obliquely.

2940

SLOPING

SLO'PING, participle present tense1. Taking an inclined direction.2.adjective Oblique; declivous; inclining or inclined from a horizontal of other right line.

2941

SLOPINGLY

SLO'PINGLY, adverb Obliquely; with a slope.

2942

SLOPPINESS

SLOP'PINESS, noun [from sloppy.] Wetness of the earth; muddiness.

2943

SLOPPY

SLOP'PY, adjective Wet, as the ground; muddy; plashy.