An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Teut. _slabber-en_, E. _to slabber_.
SLACK, _s._ An opening between hills.
V. ~Slak~.
* SLACK, _adj._
1. Slow, S. B.
2. Transferred to money, when payments are made slowly, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
3. Thinly occupied, regarding place, S.
4. Not trust-worthy; loose in conduct, S.
5. Reluctant to pay a debt, S.
A. S. _sleac_, Su. G. _slak_, remissus.
SLADE, SLAID, _s._ A hollow, a den, S. B.
_Douglas._
Isl. _slaed_, vallis; A. S. id. via in convallibus; Dan. _slet_, Isl. _sletta_, planities.
SLAE, SLA, _s._ The sloe, S.
_Lightfoot._
A. S. _sla_, Belg. _slee_, Germ. _schleh_, id.
SLAG, _s._ A portion of any soft substance lifted up from the rest, S.
B.
Isl. _slagi_, humiditas, _slagn-a_, humescere.
SLAG, SLOG, _s._ A gust.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _slagg_, intemperies; Teut. _slegghe_, nebula.
SLAID, _s._ A valley.
V. ~Slade~.
To SLAIGER, _v. n._ To waddle in the mud, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _sleggerigh_, madidus; radically the same with _Laggery_.
_To_ SLAIK, SLAKE, _v. n._
1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, especially sweetmeats, &c. S.
_Tannahill._
Germ. _schleck-en_, ligurire, suavia et dulcia appetere.
2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. To bedaub, S.
_Glenburnie._
4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals, S.
SLAINES, SLAYANS. _Letters of Slaines_, letters subscribed, in case of slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been _slain_, acknowledging that satisfaction had been given, or otherwise soliciting for the pardon of the offender.
_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ SLAIRG, SLAIRY, SLARY, _v. a._ To bedaub, S.
Teut. _sloore_, sordida ancilla; Belg. _slorig_, sordidus; O. E.
_slorie_, sordidare.
~Slairy~, ~Slarie~, _s._
1. Any thing that bedaubs, S.
2. A part of one's food, taken so carelessly as to dirty one's clothes, S.
