Emily Dickinson Lexicon

slit, v. [ME; obscurely related to OE slítan.]

1. Split; open; rend.
2. Cut into; make a long fissure in.

sliver, n. [OE.] (webplay: small).

Small, thin piece of foreign material which causes irritation.

sloop, n. [Du.; poss < Fr. chaloupe, french boat.]

Small sailing vessel with one mast.

slope, n. [OE aslopen, slipped-away.] (webplay: hill, horizon).

Hill; portion of earth's xurface which forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

slow (-er, -est), adj. [OE 'blunt, dull'.] (webplay: dull, late, swift).

1. Not quick in motion; not swift; moving a short distance in a long time.
2. Late; not happening in a short time.
3. Dull; not quick or clever in understanding.
4. Inactive; tardy.
5. Not hasty; acting in deliberation; not precipitate.
6. Not advancing, growing, or improving rapidly.
7. Dead.
8. Hesitating; cautious.

slowly, adv. [see slow, adj.]

1. With moderate motion; not rapidly.
2. Not hastily; not rashly.
3. Tardily.

slowness, n. [see slow, adj.]

Moderate motion.

sluice, n. [OFr < L. exclūdere, to shut out.]

Stream of wather flowing rapidly through a flood-gate.

slumber (-eth), v. [ME slūme < OE 'doze'.] (webplay: soul).

Sleep; [fig.] lie at rest in death or the grave.

slumbering, adj. [see slumber, v.]

Dormant; inoperative.