adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + slope. ] Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping. “Set them not upright, but aslope.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia; a Czechoslovakian.
prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to any current country.
prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to a citizen of any current country. The natives of the former Czechoslovakia are now Czechs or Slovaks.
v. t.
After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. dislocatus, p. p. ] Dislocated. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. separated at the joint; -- used especially of limbs;
n. [ Cf. F. dislocation. ]
v. t.
The Volscians are dislodg'd. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To go from a place of rest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round
Lodge and dislodge by turns. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Dwelling apart; separation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Cf. F. délogement, OF. deslogement. ] The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. desloignier. See Eloign. ] To put at a distance; to remove. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. déloyal. See Loyal. ] Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless;
Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.
adv. In a disloyal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiauté, deslealté, F. déloyauté. ] Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a downward slope.
a. [ Gr.
There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogistic epithets may be found. J. F. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense, Jeremy Bentham. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Eloign. ] To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Forslow. ] To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [ Obs. ] See Forslow, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow
Their hasty pace. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To loiter. Same as Forslow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See For-, and Slouth. ] To lose by sloth or negligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. for- + slow. ] To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To loiter. [ Obs. ]
n. (Aeronautics)
n. A form of labor protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problems for their employers. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Hydrencephalus + -oid. ] (Med.) Same as Hydrocephaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. cēselib, or c&ymacr_;slyb, milk curdled; cf. G. käselab, käselippe. See Cheese, and cf.Cheeselep. ] The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Forsaken by a lass. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A usually horizontal slot in a door through which mail can be delivered. It often has a hinged cover to keep the opening cloised when not in use. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
v. t. To lodge amiss. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. oferslop. ] An outer garment, or slop. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Too slow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A reduplication of slop. ] Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A species of seaweed. See 3d Laver.
n. (Mining) A layer of earth between coal seams. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See slot a bar. ] A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat;
v. t. & i. See Slabber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
a. Wet; sloppy, as land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Slock. [ 1913 Webster ]
Slocking stone,
n. [ OE. slo, AS. slā; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. slēha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. slån, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva. ] (Bot.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. & i. [ Cf. Slug, v. t. ] To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [ Cant or Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gael. sluagh-ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army + gairm a call, calling. ] The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]