Lexicon: slam – slay

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slam, v. [Poss. Sw. slamra.]

Beat; dash.

slant, adv. [see slanting, adv.]

Indirectly; obliquely; periphrastically; euphemistically; with circumlocution; [fig.] sensitively; reverently; respectfully; with solemnity. 11291263 Tell all the Truth but tell it slant

slant, n. [see slanting, adv.] (webplay: slanting ray of light).

Shaft; column; reflection.

slant (-ed, -s), v. [see slanting, adv.]

Move; turn; slope.

slanting, adv. [ME a-slonte + -ing.]

Sloping.

slash, n. [OFr esclachier, to break.] (webplay: cut).

Long narrow cut; slit through which brilliant color is seen.

slashing, adj. [see slash, n.] (webplay: cut).

Violently cutting.

slate, n. [OFr esclate, splinter, shiver, piece broken or split off, to burst.]

Smooth stone used to write on; schoolchild's tablet used to do lessons on; tablet used to write out and solve problems.

slave, n. [OFr esclave, identical with the racial name Sclavus.] (webplay: toil).

Servant.

slay (slain, slew), v. [OE sléan.] (webplay: death, lay, stone, strike).

  1. Kill; destroy; take away life by force.
  2. [Fig.] send from heaven to earth.