An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 779

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 779

V. ~Flouss~.


_Barbour._


SLOUTH-HUND, _s._


V. ~Sleuth-hund~.


_To_ SLUBBER, _v. a._


1. To swallow, so as to make a noise with the throat, S.


2. To do any thing carelessly.


_Z. Boyd._


Su. G. _slabbr-a_, avide deglutire, Isl. _slupr-a_, Dan. _slubr-e_, mollia ingurgitare.


~Slubber~, _s._ The act of swallowing as described above, S.


~Slubbery~, _adj._ Applied to flaccid food, in swallowing which a noise is made by the throat, S.


Teut. _s...o...b..r-en_, flaccidum esse.


_To_ SLUDDER, (p.r.o.n. _s.l.u.ther_), _v. a._ The same with ~Slubber~, S.


sense 1.


~Sluddery~, _adj._ Soft, flaccid, Fife.


Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere.


_To_ SLUDDER, _v. a._ To slur, to articulate indistinctly, S. B.


V. ~Slidder~, _v._


SLUGGIED, _pret._ Swallowed greedily, Moray.


_Pop. Ball._


Teut. _slock-en_, Su. G. _sluk-a_, Dan. _slug-e_, deglutire.


SLUGHORNE, SLOGGORNE, _s._


1. The watch-word used by troops in the field, S., _slogan_, S. A.


_Douglas._


2. Hereditary designation, appellation of a tribe.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


Ir. _sluagh_, an army, and _corn_, a horn.


3. A peculiar quality viewed as inherent in those of one family or race.


_Ruddiman._


SLUMP, _s._ A remnant, S. B., Sw. id.


SLUMP, _s._ _By slump_, altogether, S.


_Statist. Acc._


Su. G. _slump_, totum aliquod.


~Slump~, _adj._ Taken in gross, S.


_Wodrow._


~Slumpert~, _s._ A large quant.i.ty; properly, what is not measured, S. B.


SLUNG, _s._ A sling.


V. ~Slong~.


SLUNKIE, _s._ A tall thin person.


V. ~Slinkie~.


SLUSCH, SLUSH, _s._


1. Plashy ground, S.


_Ruddiman._


2. Snow, in a state of liquefaction, S.


_Gl. Complaynt._