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sclipe, sclype, sklype, slipe, slype,
slipe [sləip]
also MN. sclipe [skləip]
v. To move in a slanting direction. Fall sideways. MN. A hard slap or smack. A large thin piece of anything, a strip or slice. A term of great contempt for a lazy, coarse, dissolute, worthless, uncouth kind of person. A lout, a sloven, slut. A dirty, sneaking man.
n. A slanting direction. A transverse movement or path. A slant.
slipe, slype,
slipe [sləip]
n. A kind of sledge.
v. To drag such a sledge.
slipe, slype,
slipe [sləip]
n. A flap of skin or the like.
v. To strip off, to peel, to come off, like torn or dead skin, to slough off. To draw a thing through the fingers or teeth, while squeezing slightly at the same time.
slait, slate, slite, slitten, slutten, slyte,
slite [sləit]
n. An act of slitting or ripping. A tear or rending.
v. Of sewing: to slit, rip up, split. To make sharp, whet.
pt. slate [slet]
pp. slitten [ˈslɪtən]
Slitrig, Slitrig_Waeter, Slitrig_Waiter, Slitrig_Waitter, Slitrig_Watter, Slitterick,
Slitrig Watter [S. ˈslɪtrɪg ˈwetər, -ˈwatər, ˈslɪtərɪk-]
pn. A river in the Scottish Borders.
scliter, sclitter, sclitterie, sclittery, sclutter, skleuter, sklitter, sklitterie, sklittery, sleuter, slewter, slitter, slitter, slitterie, slittery, slooder, slooter, sloother, slotter, slouter, sluiter, sluter, sluther, slutter, slutterie, sluttery,
slitter [ˈslɪtər, ˈslʌtər, ˈslu-, ˈslø-]
also sclitter [ˈskl(j)-].
n. A sloppy mess.
v. To work or walk messily in water etc.
slitterie, sclitterie
adj. Wet and messy, sloppy.
slive, slyve,
slive [slaeːv]
n. A thin slice, a sliver.
v. To slice off, separate by slicing.
slo, sloe, sloo, slough,
slo [sloː]
n. I.Sh. The bone inside the horns of cattle. The core of a horn.
sloan,
sloan [slon]
n. S. A sharp retort, a snub, reproof.
sloch, slowch, sluch,
sloch [slɔx, slʌx]
n. Slough. The outer skin or husk of a fruit or vegetable. The pelt or coat of a sheep.
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