Webster's Dictionary 1913

5968

Sleet (2)

Sleet, n. [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl�z, sl�ze hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.] Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine par...

5969

Sleet (3)

Sleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sleeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Sleeting.] To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.

5970

Sleetch

Sleetch (?), n. [Cf. Slush, Slutch.] Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.

5971

Sleetiness

Sleet″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being sleety.

5972

Sleety

Sleet″y (?), a. Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.

5973

Sleeve

Sleeve (slēv), n. See Sleave, untwisted thread.

5974

Sleeve (2)

Sleeve, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl�fe, sl�fe; akin to sl�fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve,...

5975

Sleeve (3)

Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sleeved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sleeving.] To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

5976

Sleeve (4)

Sleeve (?), n.(Elec.) A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connecti...

5977

Sleeved

Sleeved (slēvd), a. Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; — often in composition; as, long-sleeved.

5978

Sleevefish

Sleeve″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A squid.

5979

Sleevehand

Sleeve″hand′ (?), n. The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. Shak.

5980

Sleeveless

Sleeve″less, a. [AS. sl�fleás.] 1. Having no sleeves.2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. Shak.The vexation of a sleeveless e...

5981

Sleid

Sleid (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sleided; p. pr. & vb. n.Sleiding.] [See Sley.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie. Shak.

5982

Sleigh

Sleigh (?), a. Sly. Chaucer.

5983

Sleigh (2)

Sleigh (?), n. [Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle�i. See Sled.] A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; — in England commonly ca...

5984

Sleighing

Sleigh″ing, n. 1. The act of riding in a sleigh.2. The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.

5985

Sleight

Sleight (?), n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl�g� (for sl�g�) slyness, cunning, fr. sl�gr (for sl�gr) sly, cunning. See Sly.] 1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. “His...

5986

Sleightful

Sleight″ful (?), a. Cunning; dexterous.

5987

Sleightly

Sleight″ly (?), adv. Cinningly. Huloet.

5988

Sleighty

Sleight″y (?), a. Cinning; sly. Huloet.

5989

Slender

Slen″der (?), a. [Compar.Slenderer (?); superl.Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, t...

5990

Slent

Slent (?), n. & v. See Slant.

5991

Slep

Slep (?), obs.imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.

5992

Slepez

Sle‐pez″ (?), n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zoöl.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of ey...

5993

Slept

Slept (?), imp. & p. p. of Sleep.

5994

Sleuth

Sleuth (?), n. [Icel. slōð. See Slot a track.] The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. Halliwell.