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- English Word Sliver Definition Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
- English Word Slivered Definition of Sliver
- English Word Slivering Definition of Sliver
- English Word Sloakan Definition A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
- English Word Sloam Definition A layer of earth between coal seams.
- English Word Sloat Definition A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
- English Word Slobber Definition See Slabber.
- English Word Slobber Definition See Slabber.
- English Word Slobber Definition A jellyfish.
- English Word Slobber Definition Salivation.
- English Word Slobberer Definition One who slobbers.
- English Word Slobberer Definition A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor.
- English Word Slobbery Definition Wet; sloppy, as land.
- English Word Slock Definition Alt. of Slocken
- English Word Slocken Definition To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
- English Word Slocking Definition a. & n. from Slock.
- English Word Sloe Definition A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
- English Word Slogan Definition The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.
- English Word Sloggy Definition Sluggish.
- English Word Sloke Definition See Sloakan.
- English Word Sloo Definition Alt. of Slue
- English Word Sloom Definition Slumber.
- English Word Sloomy Definition Sluggish; slow.
- English Word Sloop Definition A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Slop Definition Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
- English Word Slop Definition Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Slop Definition Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.
- English Word Slop Definition To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
- English Word Slop Definition To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
- English Word Slop Definition To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.