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2. Ill-fed veal in general, S.

Sw. _slyn-a_, carion; Germ. _schlenk-en_, abjicere.

3. A worthless character, S.

_Antiquary._

~Slink~, _adj._ Not fed.

_Statist. Acc._

SLINKIE, _adj._ Tall and slender, lank, S.

Dan. _slunken_, lank, scraggy.

SLINKIN, _s._ Deceit, Fife.

_A. Douglas._

~Slinkin~, _part. adj._ Deceitful, ibid.

A. S. _slinc-an_, to creep.

SLIP, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of yarn, as it comes from the reel; containing twelve _cuts_, S.

SLIP, SLYP, _s._

1. A low draught carriage, a dray without wheels.

_Wallace._

Germ. _schleife_, traha, _schleif-en_, to draw.

2. A wooden frame set on the top of a cart, for enlarging its size, S.

B.

SLYP, SLYPE, _s._ A coa.r.s.e fellow, Aberd. Gl. Skinner.

_Journ. Lond._

Isl. _slap-r_, homuncio sordidus; _slaep-a_, longurio.

_To_ SLYPE, _v. a._ To fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough, Ayrs.

E. _slip_.

Teut. _slipp-en_, delabi.

_Burns._

SLIPPERY, SLEPERYE, SLEEPERY, _adj._

1. Causing sleep.

_Doug._

2. Overpowered with sleep, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

Teut. _slaeperigh_, somnolentus.

SLYRE, _s._ A kind of fine lawn.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Germ. _schleyer_, a scarf, a vail.

_To_ SLYSTER.

V. ~Slaister~.

_To_ SLYTE, _v. n._ To move easily or smoothly, Loth.

Isl. _slitta_, aequare, planum reddere.

_To_ SLO, _v. a._ To slay.

_Maitland P._

SLOGAN, _s._ War-cry, or gathering word of a clan, S.

V. ~Slughorn~.

_Minstr. Bord._

SLOGG, SLAGG, _s._ A slough.

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