Slid
Slid, slid, pa.t. and pa.p. of slide.
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Page 140 of 179Slidden
Slidden, slid′n, pa.p. of slide.
English · e-38700-2094 · brief source recordSlidder
Slidder, slid′ėr, v.i. to slip, slide.—adj. Slidd′ery, slippery. [A.S. sliderian, to slip, slidor, slippery:—slídan, to slide.]
English · e-38700-2095Slide
Slide, slīd, v.i. to slip or glide: to pass along smoothly: to fall: to slip away quietly, to disappear: (slang) to slope, slip away from the police, &c.—v.t. to thrust along: to slip:—pa.t. slid; pa.p. slid or slidd′en.
English · e-38700-2096Slight
Slight, slīt, adj. weak: slender: of little value: trifling: small: negligent: not decided, superficial, cursory: slighting, disdainful.—v.t. to disregard, as of little value: to neglect: (obs.) to demolish, smooth.—n. n
English · e-38700-2097Slight
Slight, slīt, n. (Spens.), sleight, device, trick.
English · e-38700-2098 · brief source recordSlily
Slily, slī′li, adv. See under Sly.
English · e-38700-2099 · brief source recordSlim
Slim, slim, adj. (comp. Slim′mer, superl. Slim′mest) very thin, weak, slender: slight, trivial, unsubstantial: delicate: crafty.—adv. Slim′ly.—adj. Slim′mish, somewhat slim.—n. Slim′ness.—adj. Slim′sy (U.S.), frail, flim
English · e-38700-2100Slime
Slime, slīm, n. glutinous mud: (B.) probably bitumen.—n. Slime′-pit, a pit of slime or viscous mire.—adv. Slīm′ily.—n. Slīm′iness.—adj. Slīm′y, abounding with, or consisting of, slime: glutinous. [A.S. slím; Ger. schleim
English · e-38700-2101Sliness
Sliness, slī′nes, n. Same as Slyness.
English · e-38700-2102 · brief source recordSling
Sling, sling, n. a strap or pocket with a string attached to each end, for hurling a stone: a throw: a hanging bandage for a wounded limb: a rope with hooks, used in hoisting and lowering weights: a sweep or swing: a str
English · e-38700-2103Sling
Sling, sling, n. toddy with grated nutmeg.
English · e-38700-2104 · brief source recordSlink
Slink, slingk, v.i. to creep or crawl away, as if ashamed: to sneak:—pa.t. and pa.p. slunk. [A.S. slincan, to creep; Low Ger. sliken, Ger. schleichen.]
English · e-38700-2105Slink
Slink, slingk, v.t. to cast prematurely, as a calf.—v.i. to miscarry.—n. a calf prematurely born: the flesh of such: a bastard child.—adj. prematurely born: unfit for food: lean, starved: mean.—ns. Slink′-butch′er, one w
English · e-38700-2106Slip
Slip, slip, v.i. to slide or glide along: to move out of place: to escape: to err: to slink: to enter by oversight.—v.t. to cause to slide: to convey secretly: to omit: to throw off: to let loose: to escape from: to part
English · e-38700-2107Slipe
Slipe, slīp, n. in mining, a skip or sledge without wheels.
English · e-38700-2108 · brief source recordSlipslop
Slipslop, slip′slop, adj. slipshod, slovenly.—n. thin, watery food: a blunder.—v.i. to slip loosely about.—adj. Slip′sloppy, slushy, sloppy.
English · e-38700-2109Slish
Slish, slish, n. (Shak.) a cut. [A corr. of slash.]
English · e-38700-2110 · brief source recordSlit
Slit, slit, v.t. to cut lengthwise: to split: to cut into strips:—pr.p. slit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. slit.—n. a long cut: a narrow opening.—n. Slit′ter, anything which slits, a slitting-shears for sheet-metal.—adj. Slit′te
English · e-38700-2111Slither
Slither, slith′ėr, v.i. to slide.—adj. slippery.—n. a limestone rubble.—adjs. Slith′ering, slow, deceitful; Slith′ery, slippery. [A variant of slidder.]
English · e-38700-2112Sliver
Sliver, sliv′ėr, or slī′vėr, v.t. to split, to tear off lengthwise, to slice.—n. a piece cut or rent off, a slice: a continuous strand of loose untwisted wool or other fibre.—v.i. Slive, to slide, skulk. [A.S. slífan, to
English · e-38700-2113Sloam
Sloam, slōm, n. (prov.) in coal-mining, the under-clay.
English · e-38700-2114 · brief source recordSloat
Sloat, slōt, n. Same as Slot (1) and (2).
English · e-38700-2115 · brief source recordSlobber
Slobber, slob′ėr, same as Slabber.—n. Slob, mire, muddy land.—adj. Slobb′ery, moist, wet.
English · e-38700-2116 · brief source recordSlocken
Slocken, slok′n, v.t. to quench, extinguish.—Also Slok′en. [Ice. slokna, to go out.]
English · e-38700-2117 · brief source recordSloe
Sloe, slō, n. the blackthorn, producing white flowers before the leaves, the shoots making excellent walking-sticks: the austere fruit, a good preserve. [A.S. slá; Dut. slee, a sloe.]
English · e-38700-2118Slog
Slog, slog, v.i. to hit hard.—n. Slog′ger, a hard hitter.
English · e-38700-2119 · brief source recordSlogan
Slogan, slō′gan, n. a war-cry among the ancient Highlanders of Scotland. [Gael., contracted from sluagh-gairm, an army-cry.]
English · e-38700-2120Sloid
Sloid=Sloyd (q.v.).
English · e-38700-2121 · brief source recordSlombry
Slombry, slom′bri, adj. (Spens.) sleepy.—v.i. Sloom (prov.), to slumber.—adj. Sloom′y, lazy, inactive.
English · e-38700-2122 · brief source recordSloop
Sloop, slōōp, n. a light boat: a one-masted cutter-rigged vessel, differing from a cutter, according to old authorities, in having a fixed bowsprit and somewhat smaller sails in proportion to the hull.—n. Sloop′-of-war,
English · e-38700-2123Slop
Slop, slop, n. water carelessly spilled: a puddle: mean liquor or liquid food: (pl.) dirty water.—v.t. to soil by letting a liquid fall upon:—pr.p. slop′ping; pa.p. slopped.—ns. Slop′-bā′sin, -bowl, a basin for slops, es
English · e-38700-2124Slope
Slope, slōp, n. any incline down which a thing may slip: a direction downward.—v.t. to form with a slope, or obliquely.—v.i. to be inclined, to slant: (slang) to decamp, disappear.—adv. in a sloping manner.—adv. Slope′wi
English · e-38700-2125Slops
Slops, slops, n.pl. any loose lower garment that slips on easily, esp. trousers: ready-made clothing, &c.—ns. Slop′-sell′er, one who sells cheap ready-made clothes; Slop′-shop, a shop where ready-made clothes are sold; S
English · e-38700-2126Slosh
Slosh, slosh, n. a watery mess.—v.i. to flounder in slush: to go about in an easy way.—adj. Slosh′y. [A form of slush.]
English · e-38700-2127 · brief source recordSlot
Slot, slot, n. a bar or bolt: a broad, flat, wooden bar which holds together larger pieces. [Allied to Low Ger. slot, Dut. slot, a lock.]
English · e-38700-2128Slot
Slot, slot, n. a hollow, narrow depression, to receive some corresponding part in a mechanism: a ditch, the continuous opening between the rails in a cable tramway along which the shank of the grip moves.—n. Slot′ting-ma
English · e-38700-2129Slot
Slot, slot, n. the track of a deer. [Ice. slóth, track, path; Scot. sleuth, track by the scent.]
English · e-38700-2130 · brief source recordSloth
Sloth, slōth, or sloth, n. laziness, sluggishness: a sluggish arboreal animal of tropical America, of two genera (Cholœpus, the two-toed sloth, and Bradypus, the three-toed sloth).—adj. Sloth′ful, given to sloth: inactiv
English · e-38700-2131Slotter
Slotter, slot′ėr, n. filth.—v.t. to foul.—adj. Slott′ery, foul.
English · e-38700-2132 · brief source recordSlouch
Slouch, slowch, n. a hanging down loosely of the head or other part: clownish gait: a clown.—v.i. to hang down: to have a clownish look or gait.—v.t. to depress.—n. Slouch′-hat, a soft broad-brimmed hat.—p.adj. Slouch′in
English · e-38700-2133Slough
Slough, slow, n. a hollow filled with mud: a soft bog or marsh.—adj. Slough′y, full of sloughs: miry. [A.S. slóh, a hollow place; perh. from Ir. sloc—slugaim, to swallow up.]
English · e-38700-2134Slough
Slough, sluf, n. the cast-off skin of a serpent: the dead part which separates from a sore.—v.i. to come away as a slough (with off): to be in the state of sloughing.—v.t. to cast off, as a slough.—adj. Slough′y, like, o
English · e-38700-2135Slovak
Slovak, slō-vak′, adj. pertaining to the Slovaks, a branch of the Slavs in the mountainous districts of N.W. Hungary, their language little more than a dialect of Czech.—n. one of this race, or his language.—adjs. Slovak
English · e-38700-2136Sloven
Sloven, sluv′n, n. a man carelessly or dirtily dressed:—fem. Slut.—n. Slov′enliness.—adj. Slov′enly, like a sloven: negligent of neatness or cleanliness: disorderly: done in an untidy manner.—adv. negligently.—n. Slov′en
English · e-38700-2137Slovenian
Slovenian, slō-vē′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the Slovenes, a branch of the South Slavonic stock to which the Serbs and Croats belong.
English · e-38700-2138Slow
Slow, slō, adj. not swift: late: behind in time: not hasty: not ready: not progressive.—v.t. to delay, retard, slacken the speed of.—v.i. to slacken in speed.—n. Slow′back, a lazy lubber.—p.adj. Slow′-gait′ed (Shak.), ac
English · e-38700-2139Sloyd
Sloyd, Sloid, sloid, n. the name given to a certain system of manual instruction which obtains in the schools of Finland and Sweden, the word properly denoting work of an artisan kind practised not as a trade or means of
English · e-38700-2140Slub
Slub, slub, v.t. to twist after carding to prepare for spinning.
English · e-38700-2141 · brief source recordSlubber
Slubber, slub′ėr, v.t. to stain, to daub, slur over.—n. Slubb′er-degull′ion, a wretch.—adv. Slubb′eringly. [Dut. slobberen, to lap, Low Ger. slubbern.]
English · e-38700-2142Sludge
Sludge, sluj, n. soft mud or mire: half-melted snow.—adj. Sludg′y, miry: muddy. [A form of slush.]
English · e-38700-2143 · brief source recordSlue
Slue, Slew, slū, v.t. (naut.) to turn anything about its axis without removing it from its place: to turn or twist about.—v.i. to turn round:—pr.p. slū′ing; pa.p. slūed.—n. the turning of a body upon an axis within its f
English · e-38700-2144Slug
Slug, slug, n. a heavy, lazy fellow: a name for land-molluscs of order Pulmonata, with shell rudimentary or absent—they do great damage to garden crops: any hinderance.—ns. Slug′-a-bed (Shak.), one who is fond of lying i
English · e-38700-2145Slug
Slug, slug, n. a cylindrical or oval piece of metal for firing from a gun: a piece of crude metal. [Prob. from slug above, or slug=slog, to hit hard.]
English · e-38700-2146Slugga
Slugga, slug′a, n. a deep cavity formed by the action of subterranean streams common in some limestone districts of Ireland. [Ir. slugaid, a slough.]
English · e-38700-2147Slughorn
Slughorn, slug′horn, n. a word used to denote a kind of horn, but really a corruption of slogan.
English · e-38700-2148 · brief source recordSluice
Sluice, slōōs, n. a sliding gate in a frame for shutting off or regulating the flow of water: the stream which flows through it: that through which anything flows: a source of supply: in mining, a board trough for separa
English · e-38700-2149Slum
Slum, slum, n. a low street or neighbourhood.—v.i. to visit the slums of a city, esp. from motives of curiosity.—ns. Slum′mer, one who slums; Slum′ming, the practice of visiting slums.
English · e-38700-2150Slumber
Slumber, slum′bėr, v.i. to sleep lightly: to sleep: to be in a state of negligence or inactivity.—n. light sleep: repose.—ns. Slum′berer; Slum′bering.—adv. Slum′beringly, in a slumbering manner.—n. Slum′berland, the stat
English · e-38700-2151Slump
Slump, slump, v.i. to fall or sink suddenly into water or mud: to fail or fall through helplessly.—n. a boggy place: the act of sinking into slush, &c., also the sound so made: a sudden fall or failure.—adj. Slump′y, mar
English · e-38700-2152Slump
Slump, slump, v.t. to throw into a lump or mass, to lump.—n. a gross amount, a lump.—n. Slump′-work, work in the lump. [Cf. Dan. slump, a lot, Dut. slomp, a mass.]
English · e-38700-2153Slung
Slung, pa.t. and pa.p. of sling.—n. Slung′-shot, a weight attached to a cord, used as a weapon.
English · e-38700-2154 · brief source recordSlunk
Slunk, pa.t. and pa.p. of slink.—adj. Slunk′en (prov.), shrivelled.
English · e-38700-2155 · brief source recordSlur
Slur, slur, v.t. to soil; to contaminate: to disgrace: to pass over lightly: to conceal: (mus.) to sing or play in a gliding manner.—v.i. (print.) to slip in making the impression, causing the printing to be blurred:—pr.
English · e-38700-2156Slurry
Slurry, slur′i, n. any one of several semi-fluid mixtures, esp. of ganister, used to make repairs in converter-linings.
English · e-38700-2157 · brief source recordSlush
Slush, slush, n. liquid mud: melting snow: a mixture of grease for lubrication: the refuse of the cook's galley in a ship.—v.t. to apply slush to, to grease: to wash by throwing water upon: to fill spaces in masonry with
English · e-38700-2158Slut
Slut, slut, n. (fem. of Sloven) a dirty, untidy woman: a wench, a jade: a bitch.—adj. Slut′tish, resembling a slut: dirty: careless.—adv. Slut′tishly.—ns. Slut′tishness, Slut′tery. [Scand., Ice. slöttr, a dull fellow—slo
English · e-38700-2159Sly
Sly, slī, adj. dexterous in doing anything so as to be unobserved: cunning: wily: secret: done with artful dexterity: illicit.—n. Sly′boots, a sly or cunning person or animal.—advs. Sly′ly, Slī′ly.—ns. Sly′ness, Slī′ness
English · e-38700-2160Slype
Slype, slīp, n. a. covered passage from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter-house, &c. [Slip.]
English · e-38700-2161 · brief source recordSmack
Smack, smak, n. taste: flavour: a pleasing taste: a small quantity: a flavour of something.—v.i. to have a taste: to have a quality. [A.S. smæc.]
English · e-38700-2162Smack
Smack, smak, n. a generic name for small decked or half-decked coasters and fishing-vessels, most rigged as cutters, sloops, or yawls. [Dut. smak; Ger. schmacke, Ice. snekja.]
English · e-38700-2163Smack
Smack, smak, v.t. to strike smartly, to slap loudly: to kiss roughly and noisily.—v.i. to make a sharp noise with, as the lips by separation.—n. a sharp sound: a crack: a hearty kiss.—adv. sharply, straight.—p.adj. Smack
English · e-38700-2164Small
Small, smawl, adj. little in quantity or degree: minute: not great: unimportant: ungenerous, petty: of little worth or ability: short: having little strength: gentle: little in quality or quantity.—adv. in a low tone; ge
English · e-38700-2165Smallage
Smallage, smawl′āj, n. celery. [Small, Fr. ache—L. apium, parsley.]
English · e-38700-2166 · brief source recordSmalt
Smalt, smawlt, n. glass melted, tinged blue by cobalt, and pulverised when cold.—n. Smal′tine, an arsenide of cobalt, often containing nickel and iron. [Low L. smaltum—Old High Ger. smalzjan (Ger. schmelzen), to melt.]
English · e-38700-2167Smaragdine
Smaragdine, sma-rag′din, adj. of an emerald green.—n. Smarag′dite, a peculiar variety of Amphibole, light grass-green in colour, with a foliated, lamellar or fibrous structure—occurring as a constituent of the rock calle
English · e-38700-2168Smart
Smart, smärt, n. quick, stinging pain of body or mind: smart-money: a dandy.—v.i. to feel a smart: to be punished.—adj. causing a smart: severe: sharp: vigorous, brisk: acute, witty, pert, vivacious: well-dressed, fine,
English · e-38700-2169Smash
Smash, smash, v.t. to break in pieces violently: to crush: to dash violently.—v.i. to act with crushing force: to be broken to pieces: to be ruined, to fail: to dash violently.—n. act of smashing, destruction, ruin, bank
English · e-38700-2170Smatch
Smatch, smach, n. (Shak.) taste or tincture.—v.t. and v.i. to have a taste. [Smack.]
English · e-38700-2171 · brief source recordSmatter
Smatter, smat′ėr, v.i. to talk superficially: to have a superficial knowledge.—ns. Smatt′erer; Smatt′ering, a superficial knowledge.—adv. Smatt′eringly, in a smattering manner. [M. E. smateren, to rattle, to chatter—Sw.
English · e-38700-2172Smear
Smear, smēr, v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily, as grease: to daub.—n. Smear′iness.—adj. Smear′y, sticky: showing smears. [A.S. smeru, fat, grease; Ger. schmeer, grease, Ice. smjör, butter.]
English · e-38700-2173Smectite
Smectite, smek′tīt, n. a greenish clay. [Gr. smēktis—smēchein, to rub.]
English · e-38700-2174 · brief source recordSmectymnuus
Smectymnuus, smek-tim′nū-us, n. a name compounded of the initials of the five Puritan divines—Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen, and William Spurstow, joint authors of An Answer (1641) to Bi
English · e-38700-2175Smeddum
Smeddum, smed′um, n. fine powder: sagacity, spirit, mettle: ore small enough to go through the sieve. [A.S. smedema, fine flour.]
English · e-38700-2176Smee
Smee, smē, n. the pochard: widgeon: pintail-duck.—Also Smeath.
English · e-38700-2177 · brief source recordSmegma
Smegma, smeg′ma, n. a sebaceous secretion, esp. that under the prepuce: an unguent.—adj. Smegmat′ic. [Gr. smēgma.]
English · e-38700-2178 · brief source recordSmell
Smell, smel, v.i. to affect the nose: to have odour: to use the sense of smell.—v.t. to perceive by the nose:—pa.t. and pa.p. smelled or smelt.—n. the quality of bodies which affects the nose: odour: perfume: the sense w
English · e-38700-2179Smelt
Smelt, smelt, n. a fish of the salmon or trout family, having a cucumber-like smell and a delicious flavour. [A.S. smelt.]
English · e-38700-2180Smelt
Smelt, smelt, v.t. to melt ore in order to separate the metal.—ns. Smel′ter; Smel′tery, a place for smelting; Smel′ting; Smel′ting-fur′nace, -house, -works. [Scand., Sw. smälta, to smelt.]
English · e-38700-2181Smerky
Smerky, smėrk′i, adj. (Spens.) neat. [Smirk.]
English · e-38700-2182 · brief source recordSmew
Smew, smū, n. a bird of the family Anatidæ, in the same genus as the goosander and mergansers.
English · e-38700-2183 · brief source recordSmicker
Smicker, smik′ėr, v.i. (obs.) to look amorously.—n. Smick′ering, an inclination for a woman.—adv. Smick′ly, amorously.
English · e-38700-2184 · brief source recordSmicket
Smicket, smik′et, n. a smock.
English · e-38700-2185 · brief source recordSmiddy
Smiddy, smid′i, n. a smithy.
English · e-38700-2186 · brief source recordSmidgen
Smidgen, smij′en, n. (U.S.) a small quantity, a trifle.
English · e-38700-2187 · brief source recordSmift
Smift, smift, n. a piece of touchwood, &c., formerly used to ignite the train in blasting.—Also Snuff.
English · e-38700-2188 · brief source recordSmight
Smight, smīt, v.t. (Spens.) to smite.
English · e-38700-2189 · brief source recordSmilax
Smilax, smī′laks, n. a genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Smilaceæ—the roots of several species yield sarsaparilla.
English · e-38700-2190Smile
Smile, smīl, v.i. to express pleasure by the countenance: to express slight contempt: to look joyous: to be favourable.—n. act of smiling: the expression of the features in smiling: favour: (slang) a drink, a treat.—ns.
English · e-38700-2191Smirch
Smirch, smirch, v.t. to besmear, dirty: to degrade in fame, dignity, &c.—n. a stain. [A weakened form of smer-k, from M. E. smeren, to smear.]
English · e-38700-2192Smirk
Smirk, smėrk, v.i. to smile affectedly: to look affectedly soft.—n. an affected smile.—adjs. Smirk (obs.), Smirk′y, smart. [A.S. smercian; akin to smile.]
English · e-38700-2193Smit
Smit, smit, obsolete pa.t. and pa.p. of smite.
English · e-38700-2194 · brief source recordSmit
Smit, smit, v.t. (prov.) to infect.—n. a stain: infection.—v.t. Smit′tle, to infect.—adj. infectious.—n. infection. [A.S. smittian, to spot, smitta, a spot, an intens. of smítan, to smite.]
English · e-38700-2195Smitch
Smitch, smich, n. a particle: dust.—n. (dim.) Smitch′el.
English · e-38700-2196 · brief source recordSmite
Smite, smīt, v.t. to strike with the fist, hand, or weapon: to beat: to kill: to overthrow in battle: to affect with feeling: (B.) to blast: to afflict.—v.i. to strike:—pa.t. smōte; pa.p. smitt′en.—n. Smī′ter.—Smite off,
English · e-38700-2197Smith
Smith, smith, n. one who forges with the hammer: a worker in metals: one who makes anything.—ns. Smith′ery, the workshop of a smith: work done by a smith—also Smith′ing; Smith′y, the workshop of a smith; Smith′y-coal, a
English · e-38700-2198Smithereens
Smithereens, smith-ėr-ēnz′, n.pl. (coll.) small fragments.
English · e-38700-2199 · brief source recordSmithsonian
Smithsonian, smith-sō′ni-an, adj. pertaining to James Macie Smithson (1765—1829), founder of a great institution at Washington for ethnological and scientific investigations, organised by Congress in 1846.
English · e-38700-2200Smitten
Smitten, smit′n, pa.p. of smite.
English · e-38700-2201 · brief source recordSmock
Smock, smok, n. a woman's shift: a smock-frock.—v.t. to clothe in a smock or smock-frock.—adj. Smock′-faced, pale-faced.—ns. Smock′-frock, an outer garment of coarse white linen worn over the other clothes in the south o
English · e-38700-2202Smoke
Smoke, smōk, n. the vapour from a burning body—a common term for the volatile products of the imperfect combustion of such organic substances as wood or coal.—v.i. to emit smoke: to smoke out instead of upward, owing to
English · e-38700-2203Smolder
Smolder=Smoulder (q.v.).
English · e-38700-2204 · brief source recordSmolt
Smolt, smōlt, n. a name given to young river salmon when they are bluish along the upper half of the body and silvery along the sides. [Smelt.]
English · e-38700-2205Smooth
Smooth, smōōth, adj. having an even surface: not tough: evenly spread: glossy: gently flowing: easy: regular: unobstructed: bland: mild, calm.—v.t. to make smooth: to palliate: to soften: to calm: to ease: (Shak.) to exo
English · e-38700-2206Smore
Smore, smōr, a Scotch form of smother.
English · e-38700-2207 · brief source recordSmote
Smote, smōt, pa.t. and pa.p. of smite.
English · e-38700-2208 · brief source recordSmother
Smother, smuth′ėr, v.t. to suffocate by excluding the air: to conceal.—v.i. to be suffocated or suppressed: to smoulder.—n. smoke: thick floating dust: state of being smothered: confusion.—ns. Smotherā′tion, suffocation:
English · e-38700-2209Smouch
Smouch, smowch, n. a smack, a hearty kiss.—v.t. to kiss, to buss.
English · e-38700-2210 · brief source recordSmouch
Smouch, smowch, v.t. to take advantage of, to chouse.
English · e-38700-2211 · brief source recordSmouched
Smouched, smowcht, adj. blotted, dirtied, smutched.
English · e-38700-2212 · brief source recordSmoulder
Smoulder, smōl′dėr, v.i. to burn slowly or without vent.—adjs. Smoul′dring, Smoul′dry. [M. E. smolderen—smolder=smor-ther, stifling smoke; cf. Smother.]
English · e-38700-2213Smouse
Smouse, Smous, smows, n. a peddler, a German Jew.
English · e-38700-2214 · brief source recordSmout
Smout, smowt, n. (slang) a printer who gets chance jobs in various offices.—v.i. to do occasional work.
English · e-38700-2215 · brief source recordSmudge
Smudge, smuj, n. a spot, a stain: a choking smoke—v.t. to stifle: to fumigate with smoke.—n. Smud′ger, one who smudges: a plumber.—adj. Smud′gy, stained with smoke. [Scand., Sw. smuts, dirt, Dan. smuds, smut; Ger. schmut
English · e-38700-2216Smug
Smug, smug, adj. neat, prim, spruce: affectedly smart: well satisfied with one's self.—n. a self-satisfied person.—adj. Smug′-faced, prim or precise-looking.—adv. Smug′ly.—n. Smug′ness. [Dan. smuk, handsome; cf. Ger. sch
English · e-38700-2217Smug
Smug, smug, v.t. to seize without ceremony, to confiscate: (slang) to hush up.
English · e-38700-2218 · brief source recordSmuggle
Smuggle, smug′l, v.t. to import or export without paying the legal duty: to convey secretly.—ns. Smugg′ler, one who smuggles: a vessel used in smuggling; Smugg′ling, defrauding the government of revenue by the evasion of
English · e-38700-2219Smuggle
Smuggle, smug′l, v.t. to fondle, cuddle.
English · e-38700-2220 · brief source recordSmur
Smur, smur, n. (Scot.) fine misty rain.—v.i. to drizzle.—adj. Smur′ry.
English · e-38700-2221 · brief source recordSmut
Smut, smut, n. a spot of dirt, soot, &c.: foul matter, as soot: Bunt, sometimes also Dust-brand, the popular name of certain small fungi which infest flowering land-plants, esp. the grasses, the name derived from the app
English · e-38700-2222Smutch
Smutch, smuch, v.t. to blacken, as with soot.—n. a dirty mark. [A form of smut.]
English · e-38700-2223 · brief source recordSmyrniot
Smyrniot, -e, smėr′niot, -ōt, n. a native or inhabitant, of Smyrna.—adj. of or pertaining to Smyrna.
English · e-38700-2224 · brief source recordSmyterie
Smyterie, Smytrie, smit′ri, n. (Scot.) a large number of individuals of small size.
English · e-38700-2225 · brief source recordSnabble
Snabble, snab′l, v.t. (prov.) to plunder: to kill.—v.i. to gobble up.
English · e-38700-2226 · brief source recordSnabby
Snabby, snab′i, n. (Scot.) the chaffinch.
English · e-38700-2227 · brief source recordSnack
Snack, snak, n. a share: a slight, hasty meal.—v.t. to snatch, to bite: to share. [A form of snatch.]
English · e-38700-2228 · brief source recordSnaffle
Snaffle, snaf′l, n. a bridle which crosses the nose and has a slender mouth-bit without branches.—v.t. to bridle: to clutch by the bridle.—ns. Snaff′le-bit, a kind of slender bit; Snaff′ling-lay, the trade of highwayman.
English · e-38700-2229Snag
Snag, snag, n. a sharp protuberance: a short branch: a projecting tooth or stump: a tree lying in the water so as to impede navigation—hence any stumbling-block or obstacle.—v.t. to catch on a snag: to entangle: to fill
English · e-38700-2230Snag
Snag, snag, v.t. to lop superfluous branches from a tree.—n. Snag′ger, the tool for this.
English · e-38700-2231 · brief source recordSnail
Snail, snāl, n. a term for the species of terrestrial Gasteropoda which have well-formed spiral shells—the more typical snails belonging to the genus Helix, of the family Helicidæ, having the shell of many whorls, globos
English · e-38700-2232Snake
Snake, snāk, n. a serpent—Snakes (Ophidia) form one of the classes of reptiles, in shape limbless and much elongated, embracing tree-snakes, the water-snakes, and the very venomous sea-snakes (Hydrophidæ), the burrowing-
English · e-38700-2233Snap
Snap, snap, v.t. to break short or at once: to bite, or catch at suddenly: to crack: to interrupt sharply (often with up): to shut with a sharp sound: to take an instantaneous photograph of, esp. with a hand camera.—v.i.
English · e-38700-2234Snaphance
Snaphance, snaf′ans, n. a term originally applied to the spring-lock of a gun or pistol, but afterwards applied to the gun itself, a Dutch firelock of the 17th century: a snappish retort.—Also Snaph′aunce. [Dut. snaphaan
English · e-38700-2235Snar
Snar, snär, v.i. (Spens.) to snarl.
English · e-38700-2236 · brief source recordSnare
Snare, snār, n. a running noose of string or wire, &c., for catching an animal: a trap: that by which any one is entrapped: a cord, esp. that stretched across the lower head of a drum: a surgical instrument for removing
English · e-38700-2237Snarl
Snarl, snärl, v.i. to growl, as a surly dog: to speak in a surly manner.—v.t. to utter snarlingly.—n. a growl, a jealous quarrelsome utterance.—n. Snar′ler.—adjs. Snar′ling, growling, snappish; Snar′ly. [Prob. imit.; Low
English · e-38700-2238Snarl
Snarl, snärl, v.t. to twist, entangle, confuse.—v.i. to become entangled.—n. a knot or any kind of complication: a squabble.—adj. Snarled, twisted.—ns. Snar′ling-ī′ron, -tool, a curved tool for snarling or fluting hollow
English · e-38700-2239Snash
Snash, shash, n. (Scot.) insolence, abusive language.—v.i. to talk impudently.
English · e-38700-2240 · brief source recordSnatch
Snatch, snach, v.t. to seize quickly: to take without permission: to seize and carry away.—v.i. to try to seize hastily.—n. a hasty catching or seizing: a short time of exertion: a small piece or fragment: a catching of
English · e-38700-2241Snathe
Snathe, snāth, n. the curved handle of a scythe. [A variant of snead.]
English · e-38700-2242 · brief source recordSnead
Snead, snēd, n. the handle of a scythe, a snathe. [A.S. snǽd—sníthan, to cut.]
English · e-38700-2243 · brief source recordSneak
Sneak, snēk, v.i. to creep or steal away privately or meanly: to behave meanly.—v.t. (slang) to steal.—n. a mean, servile fellow: a mean thief.—ns. Sneak′-cup (Shak.), one who balks his glass: a cowardly, insidious scoun
English · e-38700-2244Sneap
Sneap, snēp, v.t. to check, to rebuke: to nip.—n. a check, a reprimand, taunt, sarcasm.—Also Snape.
English · e-38700-2245 · brief source recordSneb
Sneb, a form of snib, snub.
English · e-38700-2246 · brief source recordSneck
Sneck, snek, n. (Scot.) the catch of a door or a lid.—v.t. to latch or shut a door.—n. Sneck′-draw′er, one who lifts the latch for thievish ends, a mean thief.—adjs. Sneck′-draw′ing, Sneck′-drawn, crafty, cunning.—interj
English · e-38700-2247Sneck
Sneck, snek, v.t. (Scot.) to cut [Snick.]
English · e-38700-2248 · brief source recordSnee
Snee, snē, n. a large knife. [Dut. snee, snede, a slice; Ger. schneide, edge.]
English · e-38700-2249 · brief source recordSneer
Sneer, snēr, v.i. to show contempt by the expression of the face, as by turning up the nose: to insinuate contempt.—v.t. to utter sneeringly.—n. an indirect expression of contempt.—n. Sneer′er.—adj. Sneer′ing.—adv. Sneer
English · e-38700-2250Sneeshing
Sneeshing, snēsh′ing, n. (Scot.) snuff, or a pinch of snuff.
English · e-38700-2251 · brief source recordSneeze
Sneeze, snēz, v.i. to make a sudden and involuntary violent expiration, preceded by one or more inspirations, the fauces being generally closed so that the current of air is directed through the nose.—n. a sneezing.—ns.
English · e-38700-2252Snell
Snell, snel, adj. (Scot.) keen, sharp, severe. [A.S. snel, snell, active; Ger. schnell, swift.]
English · e-38700-2253 · brief source recordSnib
Snib, snib, n. (Spens.) a check or reprimand. [Snub.]
English · e-38700-2254 · brief source recordSnib
Snib, snib, n. (Scot.) the bolt of a door.—v.t. to bolt.
English · e-38700-2255 · brief source recordSnick
Snick, snik, v.t. to cut, snip, nick.—n. a small cut: a knot in yarn when too tightly twisted.—n. Snick′ersnee, a knife.—Snick and snee, a fight with knives, also a knife. [Ice. snikka, to nick, cut.]
English · e-38700-2256Snicker
Snicker, snik′ėr, v.i. to laugh, to giggle in a half-suppressed way.—v.t. to say gigglingly.—n. a giggle, a half-smothered laugh. [Low Ger. snukken, to sob, Dut. snikken, to gasp; cf. Neigh and Scot. nicker; all imit.]
English · e-38700-2257Snide
Snide, snīd, adj. (slang) sharp, dishonest.—n. a sharper, a cheat.
English · e-38700-2258 · brief source recordSniff
Sniff, snif, v.t. to draw in with the breath through the nose.—v.i. to snuff or draw in air sharply through the nose: to snuff.—n. perception of smell: a short sharp inhalation, or the sound made by such.—v.i. Snif′fle,
English · e-38700-2259Snig
Snig, snig, v.t. (prov.) to cut.
English · e-38700-2260 · brief source recordSnigger
Snigger, snig′ėr, v.i. to laugh in a half-suppressed, broken manner.—n. a half-suppressed laugh. [Imit.]
English · e-38700-2261 · brief source recordSniggle
Sniggle, snig′l, v.i. to fish for eels by thrusting the bait into their hiding-places.—v.t. to catch by this means: to ensnare.—n. Snig (prov.), an eel.
English · e-38700-2262Snip
Snip, snip, v.t. to cut off at once with scissors: to cut off the nib of: to cut off: to make signs with, as the fingers:—pr.p. snip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. snipped.—n. a single cut with scissors: a clip or small shred: a
English · e-38700-2263Snipe
Snipe, snīp, n. the name of a genus (Gallinago) and of a family (Scolopacidæ) of birds, order Grallæ, having a long straight flexible bill, frequenting marshy places all over Europe: a fool: a simpleton: (U.S.) a half-sm
English · e-38700-2264Snipe
Snipe, snīp, v.i. to pick off stealthily by a long rifle-shot, as from the surrounding hills into a camp, &c.—n. Snīp′ing, the foregoing practice.
English · e-38700-2265Snirt
Snirt, snirt, n. a smothered laugh.—v.i. Snirt′le, to snicker. [A variant of snortle.]
English · e-38700-2266 · brief source recordSnitcher
Snitcher, snich′ėr, n. (slang) an informer: a handcuff.
English · e-38700-2267 · brief source recordSnivel
Snivel, sniv′l, v.i. to run at the nose: to cry, as a child:—pr.p. sniv′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. sniv′elled.—n. snot: cant, an affected tearful state.—n. Sniv′eller, one prone to snivelling: one who cries for slight cause
English · e-38700-2268Snob
Snob, snob, n. a vulgar person, esp. one who apes gentility, a tuft-hunter: a shoemaker: a workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, a rat, one who will not join a strike: a townsman, as opposed to a gownsman,
English · e-38700-2269Snod
Snod, snod, adj. (Scot.) neat, trim.—v.t. to trim, set in order (with up). [Conn. with A.S. snǽdan, to cut, prune.]
English · e-38700-2270 · brief source recordSnood
Snood, snōōd, n. the fillet which binds a maiden's hair: the hair-line, gut, &c. by which a fish-hook is fixed to the line.—adj. Snood′ed, having, or wearing, a snood. [A.S. snód; cf. Ice. snúa, Sw. sno, to twist.]
English · e-38700-2271Snook
Snook, snōōk, v.i. to lurk, prowl about: to smell out—(Scot.) Snouk. [Low Ger. snoken, to search for; Ice. snaka, to snuff about.]
English · e-38700-2272Snook
Snook, snōōk, n. one of several fishes—the cobia, a robalo, a garfish, a Cape carangoid fish. [Dut. snoek, a pike.]
English · e-38700-2273 · brief source recordSnooker
Snooker, snōōk′ėr, n. a variety of the game of 'pool.'
English · e-38700-2274 · brief source recordSnool
Snool, snōōl, v.i. (Scot.) to submit tamely to wrong or oppression.—n. one who does so. [Contr. of snivel.]
English · e-38700-2275 · brief source recordSnoop
Snoop, snōōp, v.i. to go about sneakingly. [Snook.]
English · e-38700-2276 · brief source recordSnooze
Snooze, snōōz, v.i. to doze.—n. a nap.—n. Snooz′er. [Prob. the same as snore, influenced by sneeze.]
English · e-38700-2277 · brief source recordSnooze
Snooze, snōōz, v.i. to doze: to slumber.—n. a quiet nap.—n. Snooz′er. [Prob. the same as snore, influenced by sneeze.]
English · e-38700-2278 · brief source recordSnore
Snore, snōr, v.i. to breathe roughly and hoarsely in sleep.—n. a noisy breathing in sleep.—ns. Snōr′er; Snō′ring, an abnormal and noisy mode of respiration produced by deep inspirations and expirations through the nose a
English · e-38700-2279Snort
Snort, snort, v.i. to force the air with violence and noise through the nostrils, as horses: to laugh boisterously.—v.t. to express by a snort: to force out, as by a snort.—ns. Snort′er; Snort′ing.—adv. Snort′ingly. [Sca
English · e-38700-2280Snot
Snot, snot, n. mucus of the nose: a mean fellow.—v.i. to blow the nose.—v.i. Snot′ter, to breathe through an obstruction in the nostrils, to sob, cry.—n. the wattles of a turkey-cock: (Scot.) snot.—n. Snot′tery, snot, fi
English · e-38700-2281Snotter
Snotter, snot′ėr, n. (naut.) the lower support of the sprit.
English · e-38700-2282 · brief source recordSnout
Snout, snowt, n. the projecting nose of a beast, as of a swine: any similar projecting proboscis, beak, &c.—v.t. to furnish with a snout.—adjs. Snout′ed; Snout′y. [Scand., Sw. snut; Ger. schnauze, Dut. snuit.]
English · e-38700-2283Snow
Snow, snō, n. the crystalline form into which the excess of vapour in the atmosphere is condensed when the temperature is below freezing: a snowfall: a winter: (her.) white argent.—v.i. and v.t. to fall in snow, to cover
English · e-38700-2284Snow
Snow, snō, n. a vessel once much in use, differing only from a brig in having the boom-mainsail traversing on the trysail-mast, instead of hooped to the mainmast. [Dut. snaauw, a boat.]
English · e-38700-2285Snub
Snub, snub, v.t. to check, to reprimand: to slight intentionally, to rebuff by a cutting remark or retort:—pr.p. snub′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. snubbed.—n. an act of snubbing, any deliberate slight.—adjs. Snub, flat and broa
English · e-38700-2286Snudge
Snudge, snuj, v.i. (obs.) to be snug and quiet.
English · e-38700-2287 · brief source recordSnudge
Snudge, snuj, v.i. to save in a miserly way.—n. a mean stingy fellow.
English · e-38700-2288 · brief source recordSnuff
Snuff, snuf, v.i. to draw in air violently and noisily through the nose: to sniff: to smell at anything doubtfully: to take snuff into the nose.—v.t. to draw into the nose: to smell, to examine by smelling.—n. a powdered
English · e-38700-2289Snuff
Snuff, snuf, v.t. to crop or pinch the snuff from, as a burning candle.—n. the charred portion of a candle or lamp-wick: a candle almost burnt out.—ns.pl. Snuff′-dishes (B.), dishes for the snuff of the lamps of the tabe
English · e-38700-2290Snug
Snug, snug, adj. lying close and warm: comfortable: not exposed to view or notice: being in good order: compact: fitting close.—v.i. to move so as to lie close.—v.t. to make smooth.—n. Snug′gery, a cosy little room.—v.i.
English · e-38700-2291Snuzzle
Snuzzle, snuz′l, v.i. (prov.) to rub the nose against and snuff.
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