Webster's Dictionary 1913

5887

Slatting (2)

Slat″ting, n. The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.

5888

Slaty

Slat″y (?), a. [From Slate.] Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting;...

5889

Slaughter

Slaugh″ter (?), n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slātr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E....

5890

Slaughter (2)

Slaugh″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slaughtered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slaughtering.] 1. To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.Your castle is surprised; yo...

5891

Slaughterer

Slaugh″ter‐er (?), n. One who slaughters.

5892

Slaughterhouse

Slaugh″ter‐house′ (?), n. A house where beasts are butchered for the market.

5893

Slaughterman

Slaugh″ter‐man (?), n.; pl.Slaughtermen (�). One employed in slaughtering. Shak.

5894

Slaughterous

Slaugh″ter‐ous (?), a. Destructive; murderous. Shak.M. Arnold. — Slaugh″ter‐ous‐ly, adv.

5895

Slav

Slav (?), n.;pl.Slavs (#). [A word originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the people so called with foreigners who spoke languages unintelligible to the Slavs; a...

5896

Slave

Slave (?), n. See Slav.

5897

Slave (2)

Slave (slāv), n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Sl...

5898

Slave (3)

Slave, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Slaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slaving.] To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

5899

Slave (4)

Slave, v. t. To enslave. Marston.

5900

Slaveborn

Slave″born′ (?), a. Born in slavery.

5901

Slaveholder

Slave″hold′er (?), n. One who holds slaves.

5902

Slaveholding

Slave″hold′ing, a. Holding persons in slavery.

5903

Slaveocracy

Slave‐oc″ra‐cy (?), n. See Slavocracy.

5904

Slaver

Slav″er (?), n. 1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.The slaver's hand ...

5905

Slaver (2)

Slav″er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Slavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.] 1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.2. To be besmeared wi...

5906

Slaver (3)

Slav″er, v. t. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.

5907

Slaver (4)

Slav″er, n. Saliva driveling from the mouth.Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.

5908

Slaverer

Slav″er‐er (?), n. A driveler; an idiot.

5909

Slavering

Slav″er‐ing (?), a. Drooling; defiling with saliva. — Slav″er‐ing‐ly, adv.

5910

Slavery

Slav″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Slaveries (#). [See 2d Slave.] 1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.Disguise thyself as thou wi...

5911

Slavey

Slav″ey (?), n. A maidservant.

5912

Slavic

Slav″ic (?), a. Slavonic. — n. The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.

5913

Slavish

Slav″ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. — Slav″ish...