An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 770

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 770

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. Shirr._


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 ones food, taken so carelessly as to dirty ones clothes, S.