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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._
