_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.

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