Webster's Dictionary 1913

6022

Slidden

Slid″den (?), p. p. of Slide.

6023

Slidder

Slid″der (?), v. t. [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.] To slide with interruption. Dryden.

6024

Slidder (2)

{ Slid″der, Slid″der‐ly, Slid″der‐y (?) }, a. [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.] Slippery.To a drunk man the way is slidder. Chaucer.

6025

Slide

Slide (?), v. t. [imp.Slid (?); p. p.Slidden (?), Slid; p. pr. & vb. n.Slidding (?).] [OE. sliden, AS. slīdan; akin to MHG. slīten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. s...

6026

Slide (2)

Slide, v. t. 1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the s...

6027

Slide (3)

Slide, n. [AS. slīde.] 1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.2. Smooth, even passage or progress.A better slide into their business. Bacon.3. That on which anything move...

6028

Slidegroat

Slide″groat (?), n. The game of shovelboard.

6029

Slider

Slid″er (?), a. See Slidder. Chaucer.

6030

Slider (2)

Slid″er, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.2. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).Slider pump, a form ...

6031

Slideway

Slide″way′ (?), n. A way along which something slides.

6032

Sliding

Slid″ing (?), a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.2. Slippery; elusory.That sliding science hath me made so bare. Chaucer.Sliding friction(Mech.), the resistanc...

6033

Slidometer

Sli‐dom″e‐ter (?), n. [Slide + -meter.] An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.

6034

Slight

Slight (?), n. Sleight. Spenser.

6035

Slight (2)

Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.] 1. To overthrow; to demolish. Clarendon.2. To make even or level. Hexham.3. To throw heedlessly.The rogue slighted me into...

6036

Slight (3)

Slight (?), a. [Compar.Slighter (?); superl.Slightest.] [OE. sli�t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, sch...

6037

Slight (4)

Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Slighting.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. Mil...

6038

Slight (5)

Slight, n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.Syn. — Neglect; disregard; inattention; conte...

6039

Slight (6)

Slight, adv. Slightly.Think not so slight of glory. Milton.

6040

Slighten

Slight″en (?), v. t. To slight. B. Jonson.

6041

Slighter

Slight″er (?), n. One who slights.

6042

Slightful

Slight″ful (?), a. See Sleightful.

6043

Slighting

Slight″ing, a. Characterized by neglect or disregard.

6044

Slightingly

Slight″ing‐ly, adv. In a slighting manner.

6045

Slightly

Slight″ly, adv. 1. In a slight manner.2. Slightingly; negligently. Shak.

6046

Slightness

Slight″ness, n. The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

6047

Slighty

Slight″y (?), a. Slight. Echard.

6048

Slik

Slik (slĭk), a. [See Such.] Such.☞ Used by Chaucer as of the Northern dialect.