_K. Ja. VI._
SLE, SLEY, _adj._
1. Sly, S. _slee_.
_Doug._
2. Skilful, dexterous.
_Barbour._
3. Ingenious.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _sloeg_, Isl. _slaeg-r_, id.
SLED-SADDLE, _s._ That which is borne by a horse yoked in a cart, S.
from _sled_, a sledge.
SLEDERIE, _adj._
V. ~Sliddery~.
SLEEK, _s._ Mire, slime, S.
V. ~Slik~.
SLEEK, _s._ A measure of fruits, roots, &c. containing forty pounds, S.
Perh. originally a measure of liquids; Germ. _schlauch_, a jack, a leathern bottle.
SLEEKIT, SLEKIT, _adj._ Parasitical, deceitful, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sleker_, h.o.m.o blandus; Isl. _slikiare_, parasitus.
SLEENIE, _s._ A guinea, Aberd.
_Skinner._
A. S. _slean_, to strike; _slaegen_, struck.
SLEEPERY, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
SLEEPIES, _s. pl._ Field brome gra.s.s, from its supposed soporific quality, S.
SLEETH, _s._ A sluggard, Aberd.
_Forbes._
A. S. _slaewth_, sloth; Isl. _sliar_, hebes, sleita, torpor animi.
_To_ SLEIF, _v. n._ To slip.
_K. Hart._
Alem. _sliaf-an_, to glide.
SLEITCHOCK, _s._ A nattering woman, Perths.
Dan. _sledsk-er_, to wheedle.
SLEKIT, _adj._ Deceitful.
V. ~Sleekit~.
SLENK, _s._ A piece of low craft.
_Sir Gawan._
Germ. _schlaenke_, doli; Isl. _slungin_, callidus.
SLEPERYE, _adj._
V. ~Slippery~.
_To_ SLERG, _v. a._ To bedaub, Loth.