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Slavaicii, slàn'-;'ch, v. heal, make whole.
Sla.v-i.us, slàn'-lus, n. »«. ribwort.
.Slaxaighfar, slàn'-è-ar, n. ni. saviour.
SLAon, sland, v. drag, haul, pull along;
'ga. shfaodadh, it ailing or hauling it ; n.m.
a lounge, a great quantity; raft, float.
Slaodac H, s'laod'-ach, a. lounging, lazy.
SLAOnAim, s'!àod'-i, p/. dragging, trailing.
.Slaooail, s'laod'-al, adj. clumsy, lazy.
Slaodaire, s'laod'-ur-a, n. m. lounger.
Slaodanach, s'laod'-an-ach, n. heavy fel-
low.
Slaooraich, s'làod'-rèch, n. f. 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.
Slaopaire, slaop'-ur-a, ju m. a drawler,
trailer.
Slap, s'làp, n. m. a flap, flapping; v. flap,
fli:ig; a' slapail ma'm' chluasan,^pp(n^
about my ears.
Slapchail, slap'-cha'l, n. m. spinage.
S LA PA IRE, s'lap'-ur-à, n. m. dangler.
Slapaich, s'là]>'èch, v. get flappish, get
soft and pliant, as greens heated.
Slat, s'lat, n. f. a wand, a yard of any
kind, a switch, ro<l, or twig; thogcan
t-slat, he lifted the rod; slat air fad, a
yard long; slat\oma.m, a goad; slat.
mharcathd, rider's whip or switch ; slut-
shiùil, sail-yard; i/ai-shuaieheaiitais, a
sceptre, mace; i/u<-dhraoidheachd, mace,
rod of office ; *fa/-thomhais, a wand ;
slat.igìùiiakUi, a lash, scourge ; slat-
rioghail, a sceptre; slui-mhara, tangle;
slat ghids do 'a ehritheach, agreen rod of
poplar; slut\a=-ga\ch, Jishing-rod; slat.
reul, an astrolabe; i/a/-bheoil (beulstoc
properly) gunwale; v. do so and so. Per.
Slataire, slàt'ur-à, n. m. debauchee. P.
Slataireachd, slat'-ur-achg, n. J. \- ,
Perthshire; in Lochaber, Conanachd ;
in Argyle, Cleamhnas.
Sleagh, slyaog//, n. f. spear, lance, jave-
lin ; biodh ar sleagh mar theachdaire a
bhàis, let your spears be as the mcsseugers
of death ; thog sinn sleigh, we liftid
spears. Ossiari.
Sleaghach, slyaogh'-ach, a. armed with
spears.
Sleaghaiee, slyaogh'-eir-a, n. m. spear,
man.
Sleamhna, slèv'-nà, adj. more slippery.
Sleamhnachadh, slev'-nach-i, pt. sliding,
flipping ; retrograding, getting worse.
Sleamhvaich, slev'-nnech, v. slide, slip.
Sleamhicxn, slev'-enn, adj. slippery.
Sleibh, slyav, gen. sliabh, mountains.
Sleibiite, SleibhteaN, slyà\'-tya, slyàv'-
tyan, n. p/. sides of hills, hills; mossy
plains.
Slubiiteacii, slyav'-tyaeh, adj. mountain
ous.
Sleisde, slyàshj'-à, n. gen. sliasaid.
Sleog, slyòg. V. pall on the stomach.
Sleogach, 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.
Slfuchd, slyèchg, v go on your knees,
prostrate ; sleuchdamaid, let us kneel,
prostrate.
Sleuchdadh, slyèchg'-X, pt. prostration.
Sliabh, slèàv, n. m. the face of a hill, a
heath ; an extensive tract of dry moor-
land, a hill ; sìèibhtean, faces ofhilJs, hills.
Sliabh AIRE, sleav'-ur-a, n.yn. mountaineer
Sliasaio, slèàs'-èjj, luf. a thigh ; pi. sleisd-
ean, part of a boat near the stern.
Slibist, sliobast, clumsy, unhandy.
Slice, slèg'à, n f. a shell ; i/i^e creadha.
a potshe-d, Bible ; sUge-chxedLCh, a seoUop-
shell; hull of a ship or any vessel.
Sligeach, sleg'-ach, adj. a shelly; n.f.
a wreck ; crustacious surface.
Sligire, slèg'-ur-à, n. m. conchologist.
Slighireachd, sleg'-ur-achg, n. f. con-
chology.
Slighe, slè'-à, n.f. a way, craft; journey.
Sligheach, slè'-ach, a. crafty, wily, cun.
ning.
Slinx, slèrm, n. f. weaver's reed or slcay.
Slin'Neax, slènn'-àèn, n. m. shoulder-
blade.
Slinneanach, slènn'-aèn-ach, a. broad
shouldered.
Slinneaxachd, slènn' 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, 1». stroke gently. H. S.
Sliobasta, slebiy-ast-a, a. clumsy.
Sliobastaciìd, sltbb'-ast-achg, n f. clum-
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; sliuchda mheur, tht
print nfhisfingeri.
Sliog, slegg, V. stroke gently, cajole.
Sliogaire, slegg'-ur-a, n.f. stroker, cajoler.
SLir- iCH, slegg'-ach, adj. sleeky, slim.
Slio;o slèm2, adj. sleeky, smooth.
Sliojj ir, slèm'.àèr, n. m. a mean, low,
flattering, fawning fellow.
Sliop, slèpp2, n.f. a hanging under-lip.
Sliopach, slèpp2'-ach, adj. blubter-lipped.
Sliopaire, slèpp'-ur a, n. m. a sulky, sur-
ly, blubber-lipped fellow.