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2. Ill-fed veal in general, S.
Sw. _slyn-a_, carion; Germ. _schlenk-en_, abjicere.
3. A worthless character, S.
_Antiquary._
~Slink~, _adj._ Not fed.
_Statist. Acc._
SLINKIE, _adj._ Tall and slender, lank, S.
Dan. _slunken_, lank, scraggy.
SLINKIN, _s._ Deceit, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Slinkin~, _part. adj._ Deceitful, ibid.
A. S. _slinc-an_, to creep.
SLIP, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of yarn, as it comes from the reel; containing twelve _cuts_, S.
SLIP, SLYP, _s._
1. A low draught carriage, a dray without wheels.
_Wallace._
Germ. _schleife_, traha, _schleif-en_, to draw.
2. A wooden frame set on the top of a cart, for enlarging its size, S.
B.
SLYP, SLYPE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e fellow, Aberd. Gl. Skinner.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus; _slaep-a_, longurio.
_To_ SLYPE, _v. a._ To fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough, Ayrs.
E. _slip_.
Teut. _slipp-en_, delabi.
_Burns._
SLIPPERY, SLEPERYE, SLEEPERY, _adj._
1. Causing sleep.
_Doug._
2. Overpowered with sleep, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Teut. _slaeperigh_, somnolentus.
SLYRE, _s._ A kind of fine lawn.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Germ. _schleyer_, a scarf, a vail.
_To_ SLYSTER.
V. ~Slaister~.
_To_ SLYTE, _v. n._ To move easily or smoothly, Loth.
Isl. _slitta_, aequare, planum reddere.
_To_ SLO, _v. a._ To slay.
_Maitland P._
SLOGAN, _s._ War-cry, or gathering word of a clan, S.
V. ~Slughorn~.
_Minstr. Bord._
SLOGG, SLAGG, _s._ A slough.
