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scypal, skebbel, skebble, skebel, skebels, skeiabult, skible, skyba$, skybal, skybald, skybalt, skyble, skypal,
skybald [ˈskaebəl(d), -əlt]
n. A rascal, a rogue, worthless person, a poor wretch, a ragamuffin.
adj. Rascally, tattered, worthless.
skeel, skeil, skile, skilin, skilin_brod, skuil, skyilin, skyle, skylin_brod,
skyle [NN.b. skil, I. skail]
n. The piece of wood or turf used as a screen on the windward side of a chimney or roof-opening to prevent smoke from blowing down.
v. To shelter, to screen from wind etc. To shade the eyes with the hand. To peep or peer.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
skylin brod [NN.b. ˈskilɪn-, I. ˈskailɪn-]: The board that covered the opening in a thatched roof to allow smoke to escape.
skeomet, skiomit, skjomet, skomit, skoomet, skumet, skyoamit, skyomit,
skyomit [I.Sh. ˈskjomət]
adj. Pale, sallow, of a sickly appearance. Of sheep: mottled gray in colour.
slab [slab]
n. The first bark covered plank sawn from a log, a slab. SEC. The first (crust) slice cut off a loaf of bread. MN. A thin person with a broad frame.
sara-slab, sara-slob, sara-slöb, sara-sluib, slab, slabber, slabberer, slebber, slob, slöb, slobb, slobber, slöbi, sloob, slub, slubber, sluib, sluibi,
slab [slab, I.Sh. slʌb]
n. I.Sh. A messy viscid substance, slime. A jellyfish.
 
slabber [-ər]
n. An act of salivating, a slavering. A noisy slobbering way of eating. Any sloppy jelly-like matter.
v. To salivate: To talk drivel. To slobber, swallow sloppy food, eat or drink in a noisy gulping manner.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sara-slab: I.Sh. The lion's mane jellyfish Cyanea capillata.
slabberer: A slobberer.
slack, slacker, slak, slakk, slakker, sleck, slecker,
slack [slak]
n. A slackening, loosening.
adj. Slack. Of money: scarce, not plentiful, not duly repaid. Of people: short of money, hard-up, untrustworthy, of loose moral character. Of places or buildings: untenanted, unfrequented, thinly occupied, not busy.
v. To slacken off, become less tense or active. To grow flaccid. To cease work. knock off. To reduce a debt by a repayment.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
slacker: A slacker.
slack, slackie, slacky, slak, slakk, slakki, sleck,
slack [slak]
n. A hollow between hills.
dim. slackie
sla, slae,
slae [sleː]
n. The wild plum or sloe Prunus spinosa or its fruits.

n. The slow- or blind-worm Anguis fragilis.
slag, slagget, slaggit, slaiger, slaug,
slag [slag, NN.b. sljaːg]
n. A large blob of something wet, soft or messy,
v. To mess about with food, gobble food copiously.
pt. pp. slaggit adj. Shapeless. Loose, slack.
 
slagger, slaiger [ˈslegər]
n. A wet, soggy or slimy mess. A soft wet lump. A daub or smear of mud, or sloppy food etc.
v. To besmear with some soft, wet substance. To bedaub with mud or filth etc.

Compounds and phrases etc.
 
upslag: A thaw.
slag, slaga, slagg, slog, uppslag, upshlaag, upsilly, upslaag, upslag, upslay,
slag [slag]
n. S. I.Sh. A marshy place, a slough, morass.
adj. S. I.Sh. Of hail or snow: wet, moist and soft under foot like ice in a thaw.
v. I.Sh. To rain thinly, to sleet.

Compounds and phrases etc.
 
upslag: I.Sh. A thaw.

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