Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLAN-DER-ING, ppr.

Defaming.

SLAN-DER-OUS, a.

1. That utters defamatory words or tales; as, a slanderous tongue. – Pope.
2. Containing slander or defamation; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports, false and maliciously uttered.
3. Scandalous; reproachful.

SLAN-DER-OUS-LY, adv.

With slander; calumniously; with false and malicious reproach.

SLAN-DER-OUS-NESS, n.

The state or quality of being slanderous or defamatory.

SLANG, n.

Low, vulgar, unmeaning language. [Low.]

SLANG, v. [old pret. of Sling. We now use slung.]

SLANK, n.

A plant, an Alga. – Ainsworth.

SLANT, or SLANT-ING, a. [Sw. slinta, slant, to slip; perhaps allied to W. ysglent, a slide; and if Ln are the radical letters, this coincides with lean, incline.]

Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; as, a slanting ray of light; a slanting floor.

SLANT, n.

1. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. [In vulgar use.]
2. A copper coin of Sweden, of which 196 pass for one rixdollar.

SLANT, v.t.

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to. – Fuller.

SLANT-ING-LY, adv.

With a slope or inclination; also, with an oblique hint or remark.

SLANT-LY, or SLANT-WISE, adv.

Obliquely; in an inclined direction. – Tusser.

SLAP, adv.

With a sudden and violent blow. – Arbuthnot.

SLAP, n. [G. schlappe, a slap; schlappen, to lap; W. yslapiaw, to slap, from yslab, that is lengthened, from llab, a stroke or slap; llabiaw, to slap, to strap. The D. has flap and klap; It. schiaffo, for schlaffo; L. alapa and schloppus; Ch. and Syr. צלף. Class Lb, No. 36.]

A blow given with the open hand, or with something broad.

SLAP, v.t.

To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

SLAP'DASH, adv. [slap and dash.]

All at once. [Low.]

SLAPE, a.

Slippery; smooth. [Local.] – Grose.

SLAP'JACK, n.

A sort of pan-cake.

SLAP'PER, or SLAP'PING, a.

Very large. [Vulgar.]

SLASH, n.

1. A long cut; a cut made at random. – Clarendon.
2. A large slit in the thighs and arms of the old costumes, made to show a brilliant color through the openings.

SLASH, v.i.

To strike violently and at random with a sword, hanger, or other edged instrument; to lay about one with blows. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. – Spenser.

SLASH, v.t. [Ice. slasa, to strike, to lash; W. llâth, Qu.]

1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long cuts.
2. To lash.

SLASH'ED, pp.

Cut at random.

SLASH'ING, ppr.

Striking violently, and cutting at random.

SLAT, n.

A narrow piece of board or timber used to fasten together larger pieces; as, the slats of a cart or a chair.