SLAG
SLAG, noun The dross or recrement of a metal; or vitrified cinders.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SLAG, noun The dross or recrement of a metal; or vitrified cinders.
SLAIE, noun A weaver's reed.
SLAIN, participle passive of slay; so written for slayen. Killed.
SLAKE, verb transitive To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.SLAKE, verb intransitive1. To go out; to become extinct.2. To grow less tense. ...
SLAM, verb transitive1. To strike with force and noise; to shut against; a violent shutting of a door.2. To beat; to cuff.3. To strike down; to slaughter.4. To win all the trick...
SLAM'KIN, SLAM'MERKIN, noun A slut; a slatternly woman. [Not used.]
SLAM'KIN, SLAM'MERKIN, noun A slut; a slatternly woman. [Not used.]
SLA'NDER, noun1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered. and tending to injure the reputation of another by lessening him in the esteem of his fellow citizens, by exposing m...
SLA'NDERED, participle passive Defamed; injured in good name by false and malicious reports.
SLA'NDERER, noun A defamer; one who injures another by maliciously reporting something to his prejudice.
SLA'NDERING, participle present tense Defaming.
SLA'NDEROUS, adjective1. That utters defamatory words or tales; as a slanderous tongue.2. Containing slander or defamation; calumnious; as slanderous words, speeches or reports,...
SL'ANDEROUSLY, adverb With slander; calumniously; with false and malicious reproach.
SL'ANDEROUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being slanderous or defamatory.
SLANG, old preterit tense of sling. We now use slung.SLANG, noun Low vulgar unmeaning language. [Low.]
SLANK, noun A plant. [alga marina.]
SLANT, STANTING, adjective Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; as a slanting ray of light; a slanting floor.
SL'ANTINGLY, adverb With a slope or inclination; also, with an oblique hint or remark.
SL'ANTLY, SL'ANTWISE, adverb Obliquely; in an inclined direction.
SL'ANTLY, SL'ANTWISE, adverb Obliquely; in an inclined direction.
SLAP, noun [Latin alapa and schloppus.] A blow given with the open hand, or with something broad.SLAP, verb transitive To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.SLAP...
SLAP'DASH, adverb [slap and dash.] All at once.
SLAPE, adjective Slippery; smooth.
SLAP'PER, SLAPPING, adjective Very large. [Vulgar.]
SLAP'PER, SLAPPING adjective Very large. [Vulgar.]
SLASH, verb transitive1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long cuts.2. To lash.SLASH, verb intransitive To strike violently and at random with a sword, hang...
SLASH'ED, participle passive Cut at random.