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To SKIME (vulg.fiaam) ; to fquint. 

 To SKIMMER; to fliine; to glitter. 

 SKREED ; a border j or narrow flip ofland, or of 



cloth. 



SKUFE; a precipice. 



SLACK ; a valley, or fmall (hallow dale j a dip. 

 SLAPE ; flippery j as ice, or a dirty path. 

 SLED i a fledge. 

 SLEEAN (that is. JJain) j the fmut of corn. An 



ear which is fmutty is called a " flain ear." 

 To SLIPE OFF ; to draw off fuperficially ; as 



fkin from the body, baric from a tree, &c. 

 To SLITHER (i Jhort, as in hither) ; to flide, as 



down a rope, a ladder, or the fide of a hill. 

 SLOT ; any broad, flat wooden bar ; diftin<St from 



zJlGWer, which is always round. 

 SLUSH ; mud. 



To SMIT ; to infeS: (perhaps tofmite). 

 SMITTING j infectious j catching, as a difeafe. 

 SMOOT ; a hair muce ; or any fmall gap or hole in 



the bottom of a hedge : hence, 

 To SMOOT ; to creep under or through, as a hare 



or fheep through a hedge. 

 To SMOOTH (vulg. to fmeatl); to iron wafhed 



linen. 



To SMURK j to fmile ; to look pleafantly. 

 To SNAPE j to filence, check, oratleaft threaten, 



as a barking dog, or a mifchievous child. 

 SNECK, the latch of a door, or a gate. 



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