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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.
sla, slaa, slaag, slag,
slag [I. slag]
n. A slap or swinging blow. A beating. A heavy clumsy person or thing. A crowd or swarm.
v. To hit with a swinging blow.
slade, slaid,
slaid [sled]
n. In placenames: An open space, a forest glade or dell, a hollow or valley.

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