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SLIOPAIRE
StAVAiCH, slàn'-pch, v. heal, make whole.
Slan-i.us, slàn'.lus, n, m. ribwort.
Slanaighear, slan'-è-ar, n. m. saviour.
Slaod, slaod, V. drag, haul, pull along;
'gasfilaodadh, tr ailing or hauling it \ n.m.
a lounge, a great quantity ; raft, float.
Slaodach, s'laod'-ach, a. lounging, lazy.
Slaodadh, s'laod'-A, pt. dragging, trailing.
Slaodail, s'laod'-al, arij. clumsy, lazy.
Slaodaire, s'laod'.ur-a, n. m. lounger.
Slaodanach, s'laod'-an-ach, n. heavy fel-
low.
Slaodbaicb, s'làod'-rèch, n. /. great haul
of fish ; trailing continually or always.
Slaoightire, slàoèjt, &c. ; see Slaightire.
Slaop, s'laop, V. parboil or boil slowly, as
shell-fish for fish -bait; boil slightly.
Slaopaibe, slaop'.ur-a, n. m. a drawler,
trailer.
Slap, s'lap, n. m, a flap, flapping ; v, flap,
fling; a' slapail ma'm' chluasaii,^ppin^
about my ears.
Slapchail, slap'-cha'l, n. m. spinage.
Slapaire, s'lap'-ur-a, n. m. dangler.
SiAPAic«, s'làp'èch, V. get flapplsh, get
soft and pliant, as greens heated.
Slat, s'lat, n. f. a wand, a yard of any
kind, a switch, rod, or twig; thogean
Uslat, he lifted the rod ; slat air fad, a
yard long; slat-iovDiLÌn, a goad; slat-
mharcachd, rider's whip or switch ; slat-
shiùil, sail-yard; iiaf-shuaicheantais, a
sceptre, mace ; i/ai-dhraoidheachd, mace,
rod of office ; i/a^-thomhais, a wand ;
fifli-sgiùrsaidh, a lash, scon-'-ge ; slat-
rioghail, a sceptre; slatmhara, tangle;
slat ghlas do 'n chritheach, a green rod of
poplar; slat-iasgaieh,Jishing-rod; slut-
reul, an astrolobe ; slat-hheod (beulstoc
properly) gunwale; v. do so and so. Per.
Slataire, slàt'-ur-à, n. m. debauchee. P.
Slataireachd, slat'-ur-achg, 7u f. v ,
Perthshire; in Lochaber, Conanachd ;
in Argyle, Cleamhnas.
Sleagb, slyaòg/ì, n. f. spear, lance, jave-
lin ; biodh ar sleagh mar theachdaire a
bhàis, let your spears be as the inesstJigers
of death ; thog sinn sleigh, we lifted
spears. Ossian.
Sleagh ACH, slya6gh'-ach, a, armed with
spears.
Sleaghaire, slyaogh'-eir-à, n. m. spear-
man.
Sleamhna, slèv'-nà, adj. more slippery.
SlEAMHNACHADH, slèv'-nach-À, p<. sliding,
slipping ; retrograding, getting worse.
Sleamhnaich, slev'.nnèch, v. slide, slip.
Sleamhl'Ixn, slev'-èrm, adj. slippery.
Sleibh, slyav, gen. of siabh, mountains.
Sleibute, Sleibhtean, slyà\''-tya, slyav"-
tyan, n. pi. sides of hills, hiUs; mossy
plains.
Sleibhteach, slyav'-tyach, adj. mountaw'
ous.
Sleisde, slyàshj'.à, n. gen. sliasaid.
leog, slyòg. V. pall on the stomach.
Sleooach, slyog'-ach, adj. apt to pall on
the stomach ; slimy.
Sleug, slè'g, V. sneak, drawl.
Sleugach, slègg'-ach, n.f. a sneaking, sly,
drawling female ; adj. sly and slow.
Sleugaire, slègg'.ur-a, n. m. sly, drawl,
ing, sneaking fellow ; a sneaker, drawler.
Sleuchd, slyechg, v go on your knees,
prostrate ; sleuchdamaid, let us kneel,
prostrate.
Sleuchdadh, slyèchg'-i, pt. prostration.
Sliabh, slcàv, 71. m. the face of a hill, a
heath ; an extensive tract of dry moor-
land, a hill ; slèibhtean.faces of hills, hills.
Sliabhaire, slèàv'-ur-a, n.m. mountaineer
Sliasaid, slèàs'-èjj, n.f. a thigh ; pL slèiscì-
ean, part of a boat near the steriu
Slibist, sliobast, clumsy, unhandy.
Slice, slèg'-à, n-f a shell ; slige creadha,
a potsherd, Bible ; slige-chreach, a seoUop-
shell; hull of a ship or any vessel.
Sligeach, sleg'-ach, adj. a shelly ; n. /.
a wreck ; erustacious surface.
Sligire, slèg'-ur.à, n. m. conchologist
Slighiheachd, slèg'-ur-achg, n. f. con-
chology.
Slighe, slè'-à, n.f. a way, craft; journey.
Sligheacb, slè'-ach, a. crafty, wily, cun-
ning.
Slinn, slènn, n. f. weaver's reed or sleay.
Slinnean, slènn'.àèn, n. m. shoulder-
blade.
Slinxeaxach, slènn'-àèn-ach, a. broad
shouldered.
Slixneanachd, slenn' àèn-achg, n. f. a
sort of augury by inspecting gigots of an
animal, by eating the flesh without
touching the bone with a tooth or nail.
Sliob, slèbb, V. stroke gently. H. S.
Sliobasta, sleblZ-ast-a, a. clumsy.
Sliobastachd, slebb'-ast-achg, n.f. clum.
siness.
Sliochd, slèùchg, n. m. offspring, progeny,
descendants, posterity ; sliochd Dhiar-
maid, the offspring of Dermid; track,
print, rut ; sliochd na roithean, the track
or rut of the wheels ; sliochd a mheur, the
print of his fingers.
Sliog, slegg, V. stroke gently, cajole.
Sliogaire, slegg'-ur-a, n.f. stroker, cajoler.
Sliogach, slegg'-ach, adj. sleeky, slim.
Sliom, slèm^, adj. sleeky, smooth.
Sliomair, slèm'-àèr, n. m. a mean, low,
flattering, fawning fellow.
Sliop, slèpp2, n.f. a hanging under-lip.
Sliopach, slepp2'-ach, ad;, blubber-lipped.
Sliopaire, slèpp'-ur-à, n.m. a sulky, sui-
ly, blubber-lipped fellow.