An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 773

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 773


_K. Ja. VI._


SLE, SLEY, _adj._


1. Sly, S. _slee_.


_Doug._


2. Skilful, dexterous.


_Barbour._


3. Ingenious.


_Wallace._


Su. G. _sloeg_, Isl. _slaeg-r_, id.


SLED-SADDLE, _s._ That which is borne by a horse yoked in a cart, S.


from _sled_, a sledge.


SLEDERIE, _adj._


V. ~Sliddery~.


SLEEK, _s._ Mire, slime, S.


V. ~Slik~.


SLEEK, _s._ A measure of fruits, roots, &c. containing forty pounds, S.


Perh. originally a measure of liquids; Germ. _schlauch_, a jack, a leathern bottle.


SLEEKIT, SLEKIT, _adj._ Parasitical, deceitful, S.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _sleker_, h.o.m.o blandus; Isl. _slikiare_, parasitus.


SLEENIE, _s._ A guinea, Aberd.


_Skinner._


A. S. _slean_, to strike; _slaegen_, struck.


SLEEPERY, _adj._


V. ~Slippery~.


SLEEPIES, _s. pl._ Field brome gra.s.s, from its supposed soporific quality, S.


SLEETH, _s._ A sluggard, Aberd.


_Forbes._


A. S. _slaewth_, sloth; Isl. _sliar_, hebes, sleita, torpor animi.


_To_ SLEIF, _v. n._ To slip.


_K. Hart._


Alem. _sliaf-an_, to glide.


SLEITCHOCK, _s._ A nattering woman, Perths.


Dan. _sledsk-er_, to wheedle.


SLEKIT, _adj._ Deceitful.


V. ~Sleekit~.


SLENK, _s._ A piece of low craft.


_Sir Gawan._


Germ. _schlaenke_, doli; Isl. _slungin_, callidus.


SLEPERYE, _adj._


V. ~Slippery~.


_To_ SLERG, _v. a._ To bedaub, Loth.







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