An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_To_ SLAMMACH, SLAMACH, _v. n._ To slabber, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
Su. G. _slem_, slime, _slemig_, slimy.
SLAMMIKIN, _s._ A drab, Loth.
Su. G. _slem_, turpis, eluvies, faex, id.
SLANG, _s._ A species of cannon coinciding with the culverine.
_Complaynt S._
Teut. _slanghe_, serpens, bombarda longior.
_To_ SLANGER, _v. n._ To linger, Berwicks.
Su. G. _slingr-a_, repere.
SLAP, _s._
1. A narrow pa.s.s between two hills, S. Gl. s.h.i.+rr.
_Pennecuik._
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _sleppi_, praecipitium convallis.
2. A breach in a wall, hedge, &c. S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Slap~, _v. a._ To break into gaps, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ SLAP, v. a. To separate threshed grain from the broken straw, &c.
by means of a riddle, S. B.
Su. G. _slaepp-a_, to permit any thing to escape.
~Slap~, _s._ A riddle for thus separating grain, S. B.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To give a slabbering kiss, S.
Isl. _slefs-a_, allambo, alligurio.
_To_ SLASH, _v. n._ To work in what is wet or flaccid, Lanerks.
Dan. _slask-er_, to paddle, to puddle.
~Slash~, _s._ A great quant.i.ty of broth, or any other sorbillaceous food, Loth.
~Slashy~, _s._ Applied to work that is both wet and dirty, S.
Sw. _slask_, wet.
SLATE, _s._ One who is slovenly and dirty, Loth. Border; _slaid_, Clydes.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _sladde_, vir habitu et moribus indecorus.
_To_ SLATE, _v. a._ To let loose; applied to dogs in hunting.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _slaetinge_, vestigia ferarum.
SLAUKIE, _adj._
1. Flaccid, unctuous, S. B.
V. ~Slake~.
2. Slimy, covered with _slake_, S.
3. Slow, whether in speech or motion, Ang.
Isl. _slaeki_, foemina piger.
SLAUPIE, _adj._ Indolent and slovenly, S. B.
Su. G. _slapp_, remissus; Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus.
SLAW, _adj._ Slow, S.
