262 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
*Sloomy. m. An idle, listless, lounging kind of person. S.W. 
*Slopper-hock. Untidy about the feet, slipshod.— Notes and Queries, 6th 
Aug., 1881. 
Slouse. Add :—s.w. | 
Slut’s-farthings. Add :—In common use at Deverill and elsewhere. N. & 
S.-W. 
Small Nightingale. Curruca atricapilla, Blackeap, from its song 
somewhat resembling that of the Nightingale. N.W. (Marlborough.) 
*Smoke-acre. This word occurs twice—as “one smoak-acre, shooting East 
and West”’—in a terrier relating to the common lands at Broadtown and 
Thornhill, N. Wilts, 1725. This piece of land may have been charged with 
the payment of “Smoke-silver” formerly, or the term may simply be a 
field-name. 
In Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem we find the following instances : 
“Inquisition taken at the City of New Sarum, 12th July, 8 Charles I. (1632), 
Edward Mompesson was seised of . . . 1 acre of land called 
Smoak acre, lying in a certain field called Kingscombe, within the parish 
of Codford Marie.”—p. 182. 
“Inquisition taken at Marlborough, 6th October, 11 Charles I. (1635) . . . 
George Mompessson was seised of . . . 1 acre of land called Smoke 
acre, lying within the parish of Codford . . . Smoke acre is held of 
the King in chief by knight’s service.”—p. 185. 
Snag-gin. An excellent liqueur made from small sloes. Also known as 
Sloe-gin. The sloes, or “snags,” are bottled in gin. : 
Snails. Snails are much used as a remedy for rheumatism, inflammation of 
the lungs, ete., as well as for broken knees in horses. Sometimes a black 
snail is simply rubbed into the part affected, while in other cases a poultice is 
applied. ; 
“To prepare a ‘snail’ poultice, you have but to gather the small snails 
so abundant on the downs, crush them between two stones, and lay them on 
the part affected. A ‘snail poultice’ is believed in . . . firmly by 
‘Wiltshire vauk’ for inflammation of the lungs and stomach.”—Diogenes’ 
Sandals, p. 200. 
Snake bird. Yunz torquilla, Wryneck. s 
Snarl. _An entanglement in thread, etc. N. & S.W. © 
Snoppet. A small piece of anything, especially meat or bread. , : 
Snuff-candle. Lamiwm Galeobdolon, Cr., Yellow Archangel. N.W. (Calne.) 
So. “Mrs. Brown is so,” is in the family way. Used in polite conversation as — 
an euphemism. Cp. Gen. xxv., 22. Also used in the Cotswolds. N.W.— 
(Clyffe Pypard, etc.) 
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