Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Slouch

Slouch (?), n. [Cf. Icel. sl�kra slouching felloew, and E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.] 1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clown...

6158

Slouch (2)

Slouch, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Slouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slouching.] 1. To droop, as the head.2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

6159

Slouch (3)

Slouch, v. t. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

6160

Slouching

Slouch″ing, a. Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.

6161

Slouchy

Slouch″y (?), a. Slouching.

6162

Slough

Slough (?), a. Slow. Chaucer.

6163

Slough (2)

Slough (?), n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. slōh a hollow place; cf. MHG. slūch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swall...

6164

Slough (3)

Slough, obs.imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.

6165

Slough (4)

Slough (?), n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl�ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.] 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of...

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Slough (5)

Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sloughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sloughing.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; — often used with of...

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Slough (6)

Slough, v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse.New tint the plumage of the birds,And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

6168

Sloughing

Slough″ing (?), n.(Zoöl.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.

6169

Sloughy

Slough″y (?), a. Full of sloughs, miry.

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Sloughy (2)

Slough″y (?), a. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.

6171

Sloven

Slov″en (?), n. [D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly.] A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; — the correlative term to slattern, ...

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Slovenliness

Slov″en‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being slovenly.

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Slovenly

Slov″en‐ly, a. 1. Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress.A slovenly, lazy fellow, lolling at his ease. L'Estrange.2. Characteristic ...

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Slovenly (2)

Slov″en‐ly, adv. a slovenly manner.

6175

Slovenness

Slov″en‐ness, n. Slovenliness. Fuller.

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Slovenry

Slov″en‐ry (?), n. Slovenliness. Shak.

6177

Slow

Slow (slō), obs.imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.

6178

Slow (2)

Slow (slō), a. [Compar.Slower (?); superl.Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. slāw; akin to OS. slēu blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. slēo blunt, dull, Icel. slōr, slær, Dan....

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Slow (3)

Slow, adv. Slowly.Let him have time to mark how slow time goesIn time of sorrow. Shak.

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Slow (4)

Slow, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slowing.] To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak.

6181

Slow (5)

Slow, v. i. To go slower; — often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

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Slow (6)

Slow, n. A moth. Rom. of R.

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Slow-witted

Slow″–wit′ted (?), a. Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.