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_Pal. Hon._

_To_ ~Slidder~, _v. a._ To p.r.o.nounce indistinctly, S.

Teut. _slidder-en_, celeriter tendere; Isl. _slodr-ar_, balbutio.

~Sliddery~, ~Sliddry~, ~Slederie~, _adj._

1. Slippery, S.

_Douglas._

2. Escaping one's grasp, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. Deceitful, S.

~Slidernes~, _s._ Slipperiness.

_Henrysone._

SLIDDER, _adj._ Slow, inactive.

_Maitland P._

Isl. _slidra_, torpor; _slidrulegr_, tardus, lentus.

SLIDDERY, _adj._ (p.r.o.n. _slithry_) Loose and flaccid; a term applied to food, S. B.

Teut. _slodder-en_, flaccescere; _slodder_, laxus.

* _To_ SLIDE, _v. n._ To fib, S.

SLIEVE-FISH, _s._ The cuttle-fish. Loth.

_Sibbald._

_To_ SLIGHT, _v. a._ To dismantle.

_Wodrow._

Teut. _slicht-en_, solo aequare, diruere.

SLYGOOSE, _s._ The s.h.i.+eldrake, Orkn.