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_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _slog_, id.
~Sloggy~, _adj._ Slimy, marshy.
_Douglas._
SLOGGIS, _s. pl._ Blasts.
V. ~Slag~.
SLOITH, _s._
V. ~Sleuth-hund~.
SLOKE, _s._
V. ~Slake~.
_To_ SLOKIN, _v. a._
1. To quench, in regard to fire, S.
_Douglas._
2. To allay thirst, S.
_Hudson._
3. To a.s.suage heat of pa.s.sion.
_Dunbar._
4. To extinguish the claims of an opponent; in a forensic sense.
_Balfour._
Su. G. _slockn-a_, extinguere; from _slaeck-a_, id.
SLONG, SLOUNG, _s._ A sling; slung, S. B.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Isl. _slunga_, _sloengwa_, Su. G. _sliunga_, id.
SLONK, _s._ A mire, a ditch.
_Wallace._
Belg. _sleyncke_, lacuna, fovea.
_To_ ~Slonk~, ~Slunk~, _v. n._
1. To wade through a mire, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To sink in mind, S. O.
_To_ SLOOM, _v. n._ To slumber, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _sluym-en_, leviter dormire.
~Sloomy corn~, grain which is not well filled, S.; q. what slumbers in the growth.
_Callander._
SLOP, _s._ A gap.
V. ~Slap~.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Slop~, _v. a._
1. To make a gap.
_Doug._
2. To hew down.
_Douglas._
3. _To slop throw_, to pierce.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
