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(a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
(b) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.]
(c) (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
(d) (Naut.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Sleep"ful (?), a. Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy. -- Sleep"ful*ness, n.
Sleep"i*ly (?), adv. In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Sleep"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being sleepy.
Sleep"ing, a. & n. from Sleep.
Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant. -- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.
Sleep"ish (?), a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
Ford.
Sleep"less, a. 1. Having no sleep; wakeful.
2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron.
-- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n.
Sleep"mark`en (?), n. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Sleep"wak`er (?), n. On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Sleep"wak`ing, n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
Sleep"walk`er (?), n. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Sleep"walk`ing, n. Walking in one's sleep.
Sleep"y (?), a. [Compar. Sleepier (?); superl. Sleepiest.] [AS. sl&?;pig. See Sleep, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak.
She waked her sleepy crew.
Dryden.
2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer.
3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak.
'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
Shak.
4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepy duck (Zoöl.), the ruddy duck.
Sleep"y*head` (?), n. 1. A sleepy person.
To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead.
Mother Goose.
2. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.
Sle"er (?), n. A slayer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sleet (?), n. (Gun.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Sleet, n. [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl&?;z, sl&?;ze hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.] Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
Sleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeting.] To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Sleetch (?), n. [Cf. Slush, Slutch.] Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers. [Scot.]
Sleet"i*ness (?), n. The state of being sleety.
Sleet"y (?), a. Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.
Sleeve (?), n. See Sleave, untwisted thread.
Sleeve, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl&?;fe, sl&?;fe; akin to sl&?;fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod.] 1. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. Chaucer.
2. A narrow channel of water. [R.]
The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve.
Drayton.
3. (Mach.) (a) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts. (b) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel. (c) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff. -- Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband. -- To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times. -- To pin, or hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.
Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.] To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
Sleeved (?), a. Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long- sleeved.
Sleeve"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A squid.
Sleeve"hand` (?), n. The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [Obs.] Shak.
Sleeve"less, a. [AS. sl&?;fleás.] 1. Having no sleeves.
2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] Shak.
The vexation of a sleeveless errand.
Bp. Warburton.
Sleid (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleided; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleiding.] [See Sley.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie. Shak.
Sleigh (?), a. Sly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sleigh (?), n. [Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle&?;i. See Sled.] A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge.
Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.
Sleigh"ing, n. 1. The act of riding in a sleigh.
2. The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
Sleight (?), n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl&?;g&?; (for sl&?;g&?;) slyness, cunning, fr. sl&?;gr (for sl&?;gr) sly, cunning. See Sly.] 1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer.
2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
The world hath many subtle sleights.
Latimer.
3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." Hudibras.
Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
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Sleight"ful (?), a. Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]
Sleight"ly (?), adv. Cinningly. [Obs.] Huloet.
Sleight"y (?), a. Cinning; sly. [Obs.] Huloet.
Slen"der (?), a. [Compar. Slenderer (?); superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
Milton.
2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
Pope.
They have inferred much from slender premises.
J. H. Newman.
The slender utterance of the consonants.
J. Byrne.
3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.
Sir W. Scott.
4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Frequent begging makes slender alms.
Fuller.
5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence.
Philips.
6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
-- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.
Slent (?), n. & v. See Slant. [Obs.]
Slep (?), obs. imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.
Sle*pez" (?), n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zoöl.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.
Slept (?), imp. & p. p. of Sleep.
Sleuth (?), n. [Icel. slð. See Slot a track.] The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] Halliwell.
Sleuth"hound` (?), n. [See Sleuth, and cf. Slothound.] (Zoöl.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]
Slew (?), imp. of Slay.
Slew, v. t. See Slue.
Slewed (?), a. Somewhat drunk. [Slang]
Slewth (?), n. Sloth; idleness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sley (?), n. [AS. sl&?;, fr. sleán to strike. See Slay, v. t.] 1. A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]
2. A guideway in a knitting machine. Knight.
Sley, v. t. To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.
Slib"ber (?), a. Slippery. [Obs.] Holland.
Slice (?), n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.] 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. (f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley.
Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.
Slice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sliced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing (?).] 1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
Sli"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
{ Slich (?), Slick (?) }, n. (Metal.) See Schlich.
Slick (?), a. [See Sleek.] Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.
Slick, v. t. To make sleek or smoth. "Slicked all with sweet oil." Chapman.
Slick, n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel.
Slick"en (?), a. Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]
Slick"ens (?), n. [Cf. Slick, n.] (Mining) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines. [Local, U. S.]
Slick"en*sides` (?), n. 1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Slick"er (?), n. That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically: (a) A kind of burnisher for leather. (b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
Slick"er, n. A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
Slick"ing, n. 1. The act or process of smoothing.
2. pl. (Min.) Narrow veins of ore.
Slick"ness, n. The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
Slid (?), imp. & p. p. of Slide.
Slid"den (?), p. p. of Slide.
Slid"der (?), v. t. [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.] To slide with interruption. [Obs.] Dryden.
{ Slid"der, Slid"der*ly, Slid"der*y (?) }, a. [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.] Slippery. [Obs.]
To a drunk man the way is slidder.
Chaucer.
Slide (?), v. t. [imp. Slid (?); p. p. Slidden (?), Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding (?).] [OE. sliden, AS. sldan; akin to MHG. slten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. Sled.] 1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
Waller.
3. To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
Ecclus. xxviii. 26.
4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Dryden.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
Pope.
5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
Deut. xxxii. 35.
6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
With good hope let he sorrow slide.
Chaucer.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
Sir P. Sidney.
Slide, v. t. 1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
Slide, n. [AS. slde.] 1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
2. Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business.
Bacon.
3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically: (a) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. (b) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically: (a) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. (b) (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. (c) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
5. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
6. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Dana.
8. (Mus.) (a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. (b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
10. (Steam Engine) (a) Same as Guide bar, under Guide. (b) A slide valve.
Slide box (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under Steam. -- Slide lathe, an engine lathe. See under Lathe. -- Slide rail, a transfer table. See under Transfer. -- Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. -- Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. -- Slide valve. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A
## particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for
admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve.
In the illustration, a is the cylinder of a steam engine, in which plays the piston p; b the steam chest, receiving its supply from the pipe i, and containing the slide valve s, which is shown as admitting steam to one end of the cylinder through the port e, and opening communication between the exhaust passage f and the port c, for the release of steam from the opposite end of the cylinder.
Slide"groat (?), n. The game of shovelboard. [Obs.]
Slid"er (?), a. See Slidder. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Slid"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
2. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). [Local, U. S. ]
Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.
Slid"ing (?), a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.]
That sliding science hath me made so bare.
Chaucer.
Sliding friction (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. -- Sliding gunter (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. -- Sliding keel (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. -- Sliding pair. (Mech.) See the Note under Pair, n., 7. -- Sliding rule. Same as Slide rule, under Slide, n. -- Sliding scale. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. -- Sliding ways (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel.
Sli*dom"e*ter (?), n. [Slide + -meter.] An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Slight (?), n. Sleight. Spenser.
Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.] 1. To overthrow; to demolish. [Obs.] Clarendon.
2. To make even or level. [Obs.] Hexham.
3. To throw heedlessly. [Obs.]
The rogue slighted me into the river.
Shak.
Slight (?), a. [Compar. Slighter (?); superl. Slightest.] [OE. sli&?;t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl&?;ttr smooth, Sw. slät, Goth. slaíhts; or uncertain origin.] 1. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like. "At one slight bound." Milton.
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
Pope.
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
Locke.
2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight.
Sir W. Scott.
3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. Hudibras.
Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slighting.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. Milton.
The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
Cowper.
To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. "They will but slight it over." Bacon.
Syn. -- To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn. -- Slight, Neglect. To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer.
Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command.
Milton.
This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
Milton.
Slight, n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
Syn. -- Neglect; disregard; inattention; contempt; disdain; scorn; disgrace; indignity; disparagement.
Slight, adv. Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic]
Think not so slight of glory.
Milton.
Slight"en (?), v. t. To slight. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Slight"er (?), n. One who slights.
Slight"ful (?), a. See Sleightful. [Obs.]
Slight"ing, a. Characterized by neglect or disregard.
Slight"ing*ly, adv. In a slighting manner.
Slight"ly, adv. 1. In a slight manner.
2. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] Shak.
Slight"ness, n. The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
Slight"y (?), a. Slight. [Obs.] Echard.
Slik (slk), a. [See Such.] Such. [Obs. or Scot.]
Used by Chaucer as of the Northern dialect.
Slik"en*sides`, n. Same as Slickensides.
Sli"ly (?), adv. See Slyly. South.
Slim (slm), a. [Compar. Slimmer (?); superl. Slimmest.] [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.] 1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." Barrow.
3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.
Slime (?), n. [OE. slim, AS. slm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slmen to make smooth, Icel. slm slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. &?;&?;&?;; or cf. L. limus mud.] 1. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.
Shak.
2. Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
Slime had they for mortar.
Gen. xi. 3.
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4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.
5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals. Goldsmith.
Slime eel. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4. -- Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.
Slime (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.] To smear with slime. Tennyson.
Slim"i*ly (?), adv. In a slimy manner.
Slim"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being slimy.
Slim"ly (?), adv. In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
Slim"ness, n. The quality or state of being slim.
Slim"sy (?), a. Flimsy; frail. [Colloq. U.S.]
Slim"y (?), a. [Compar. Slimier (?); superl. Slimiest.] Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
Coleridge.
Sli"ness (?), n. See Slyness.
Sling (?), n. [OE. slinge; akin to OD. slinge, D. slinger, OHG. slinga; cf. OF. eslingue, of German origin. See Sling, v. t.] 1. An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.
2. The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Shak.
At one sling Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son.
Milton.