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sclooch, sclootch, sclouch, scloutch, sleuch, sleutch, slooch, slootch,
slootch [slutʃ]
also sclootch [sklutʃ]
n. An idle fellow, a work-shy.
v. To slouch, crouch, cower, skulk in a furtive manner. To idle, shirk work, malinger.
sloap, slop, slope, slopie, slopo, sloppey,
slop [slop]
n. A kind of loose-fitting, coarse linen, jacket or tunic.
dim. slopie
slop, slope, sloper, slopin,
slope [slop]
n. A slope.
v. To avoid paying, defraud. To dodge work or duty, idle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sloper: A shirker.
slopin: Sloping.
schlorich, sloorach, slorach,
slorach [MN. ˈslorəx]
n. A wet and disgusting mess of anything.
v. To eat or drink messily and noisily. To gurgle, slobber, splutter, slaver. To beslobber. To stain with drippings.
slord, slurd,
slord [I.Sh. slɔrd, slʌrd]
n. Fine misty rain, drizzle.
slork, slurk,
slork [slork]
v. To make a slobbering or squelching noise. To reinhale nasal mucus. To sniff or snort through the nose loudly.
slot, slott,
slot [I.Sh. slɔt]
n. A Shetland dish consisting of fish-livers and roe made into a paste with flour or oatmeal, then boiled and fried.
slot,
slot [slot]
n. The hollow depression running down the middle of the chest. A pit, a hole in the ground.
sloat, slot, slote,
slot [slot]
n. A bar or bolt for a door or window. A metal rod. A bolt lock.
sloo, slou, slu, slue,
slou [I.Sh. sluː]
n. A layer of something evenly spread over a surface. A long, lanky, overgrown person or animal. A sluggish, idle or soft fellow.
v. To spread a thin layer of a substance. To behave in an idle lazy way. To slouch around in a negligent fashion.

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