slopely 
slopely (slop'li), adv. [Formerly also slonply; < 
slope + -ly*.] Aslope; aslant. 
The next (circle) which there beneath it sloaply slides, 
And his fair Hindgesfrom the World's divides 
Twice twelue Degrees, is call'd the Zudiack. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Tlie Columnes. 
slopeness (slop'nes), . Declivity ; obliquity ; 
slant. 
The Italians are very precise in giving the cover a grace- 
ful pendence of slopeness. Sir U. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 48. 
slopewise (slop'wiz), atli\ [< dope + -wine.} 
Obliquely ; so as to slope or be sloping. 
The Weare is a frith, reaching slope-wise through the 
Ose, from the land to low-water marke. 
R. Came, Survey of Cornwall, fol. 30. 
slop-hopper (slop'hop'er), n. The tilting-basiu 
of a water-closet or closet-sink, 
slop-hoset, >i- Same as slop-, 2. 
Payre of sloppe hoses, braiettes a marinier. 
Palsgrave, p. 251. 
5703 
= OFries. slot = MLG. slot =OHG. sloz, MHG. 
sloz, sloz, G. scltlosx, a bolt, lock, castle, = Sw. 
Dan. glut, close, end (cf. Sw. slott = Dan. slot, 
castle) ; from the verb, OS. *slutan (not found 
in AS.) = D. sluiten = OFries. sluta, skluta = 
MLG. sluteu = OHG. sliozan, MHG. sliezen, G. 
schUesse*, bolt, lock, shut, close, end, = Sw. 
sluta = Dan. slutte, shut, close, end, finish 
(Scand. prob. < LG.); prob. (with initial g not 
in L. and Gr.) = L. claudere (in comp. -cludere), 
shut, = Gr. uetuv, shut : see close 1 , close 2 , clause, 
exclude, include, etc., sluice, etc.] 1. The fas- 
tening of a door; a bar; a bolt. [Now only 
provincial.] 
And slottes irened brake he thare. 
Early Emj. Psalter, Ps. cvi. 16. 
He has means in his hand to open all the tints and bars 
that Satan draws over the door. 
Rutherford, Letters, P. ill. ep. 22. (Jamieson.) 
2. A piece of timber which connects or holds 
. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 4f. A castle; 
Thou paydst for building of a slot 
That wrought thine owne decay. 
Riche, Allarme to England (1578). (HaUiwell.) 
slotter 
\Vlutrcfore drop thy words in such a sloth, 
As if thuu wert afraid to mingle truth 
With thy misfortunes? 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, v. 1. 
2. Disinclination to action or labor ; sluggish- 
ness; habitual indolence ; laziness; idleness. 
She was so diligent, withouten steivthe, 
To serve and piesen everich In that place. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 4:ia. 
Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears. 
Franklin, Poor Richard s Almanac, 1758. 
3f. A company : said of bears. [Rare.] 
A sloth of bears. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 80. 
4. A South American tardigrade edentate mam- 
mal of the family Jirndypodidje : so called from 
their slow and apparently awkward or clumsy 
movements. The slowness of their motions on the 
ground is the necessary consequence of their dispropor- 
tioned structure, and particularly of the fact that the 
feet exhibit a conformation resembling that of clubfoot 
in man a disposition of the carpal and tarsal joints 
highly useful in climbing. Sloths live on trees, and 
never remove from one until they have stripped it of 
every leaf. They are helpless when on the ground, and 
seem at home only on trees, suspended beneath the 
branches, along which they are sometimes observed to 
travel from tree to tree with considerable celerity. The 
female produces a single young one at a birth, which she 
Slopingly (slo'ping-li), adv. In a sloping man- together larger pieces; a slat. 3. A small 
ner; obliquely; with a slope. Bailey. piece. CT -"---" 
slopingness (slo'ping-nes), n. The state of a fort. 
sloping. Bailey. 
slop-jar (slop'jar), . A jar used to receive slops 
Slop d -molding r '( 8 lop'mol"ding), n. In trick- sl <f .(*"> J A1 <> **>, sloat; < ME. slot,slote, S5ST^^OT~.&^rffl 
HO*/, a method of molding in which the mold a nol } ow 5 P rob - ult - < AS. sfo'fan (pret. stei), slit : 
is dipped in water before it is charged with clay, J 6 ?,*"* 1 - Cf. Sw. slutt, a slope, declivity.] A 
to prevent the clay from adhering to the mold. 
Compare pallet-molding. 
slop-pail (slop'pal), n. A pail or bucket for re- 
ceiving slops or soiled water. 
sloppiness (slop'i-nes), . 
sloppy ; plashiness. 
slopping (slop'ing), n. [Verbal n. of slop* 
The state of being 
'.] 
hollow, (a) A hollow in a hill or between two ridges. 
(6) A wide ditch. [Prov. Eng.] (ct) The hollow of the 
breast ; the pit of the stomach ; the epigastrium. 
The slate of hir slegh brest sleght for to showe, 
As any cristall clere, that clene was of hewe. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3063. 
Thourghe the brene and the breste with his bryghte 
wapyne 
Inceram., a process of blending the materials - slante dne fro the tote he slyttes at ones ! 
_^>_ i. . T .. alort.f. Arthur?. IK TV. T 
of a mass of clay, and rendering it homogene- 
ous, by dividing the mass repeatedly into two 
parts, and throwing these together, each time 
in a different direction. 
Sloppy (slop'i), a. [< slop* + -y*.~\ I. Wet 
from slopping; covered with slops ; muddy. 
Idlers, playing cards or dominoes on the sloppy beery 
tables. Thackeray, Vanity fair, Ixvi. 
2. Loose ; slovenly. 
The country has made up its mind that its public ele- 
mentary schools shall teach a great number of sciences and 
languages in an elementary and sloppy way. 
The Academy, March 29, 1890, p. 218. 
slop-room (slop'rom), n. In the British navy, 
the room on board a man-of-war where clothing 
and small stores are kept and issued, 
slopseller (slop'seFer), n. One who sells slops, 
or ready-made clothes, especially cheap and 
common clothes: used when such clothes were 
of indifferent quality. [Colloq.] 
slop-shop (slop'shop), n. A shop where slops, 
or ready-made clothes, are sold. See slopseller. 
[Colloq.] 
slop-work (slop' werk), n. 1. The manufacture 
of slops, or cheap clothing for sale ready-made. 
2. The cheap clothing so made. 3. Hence, slot 3 (slot) 
any work done superficially or poorly. 
slop-worker (slop'wer"ker), n. One who does 
slop-work. 
The little sleeping slop-worker who had pricked her fln- 
8 er so- George Eliot, in Cross, II. ix. 
slopy (slo'pi), a. [< slope + -y*.~\ Sloping ; in- 
clined ; oblique. 
slosh (slosh), . [A form intermediate between 
slash* and slush : see slash*, slush.] 1. Same as 
slush, 1. 2. A watery mess; something gulped 
down. [Colloq.] 
An unsophisticated frontiersman who lives on bar-meat 
and corn-cake washed down with a generous slosh of 
whisky. 
Slosh (slosh), v. i. [< slosh, n. Cf. slash*, slush, 
'.] 1. To flounder in slush or soft mud. 
On we went, dripping and sloshing, and looking very like 
men that had been turned back by the Royal Humane So- 
ciety as being incurably drowned. Kinglake, Eothen, ii. 
2. To go about recklessly or carelessly. [Slang.] 
Saltonstall made it his business to walk backward and 
forward through the crowd, with a big stick in his hand, 
and knock down every loose man in the crowd. That's 
what I call sloshin' about. 
Cairo (Illinois) Times, Nov., 1854. (Bartletl.) 
Why, how you talk! How could their [witches'] charms 
work till midnight? and then it's Sunday. Devilsdon't slote 
8(08/1 around much of a Sundr 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2264. 
(d) In mach., an elongated narrow depression or perfora- 
tion ; a rectangular recess or depression cut partially into 
the thickness of any piece, for the reception of another 
piece of similar form, as a key-seat in the eye of a wheel 
or pulley ; an oblong hole or aperture formed throughout 
the entire thickness of a piece of metal, as for the recep- 
tion of an adjusting-bolt. See cut under sheep-shears. 
(e) In a cable street-railroad, a narrow continuous open- 
ing between the rails, through which the grip on the car 
passes to connect with the traveling cable. (/) A trap- 
door in the stage of a theater, (g) A hollow tuck in a 
cap, or other part of the dress. HalliweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
(A) A hem or casing prepared for receiving a string, as at 
the mouth of a bag. 
slot a (slot), v. t.; pret. and pp. slotted, ppr. 
slotting. [< ME. slotten; < slot*, .] 1. To 
slit; cut; gash. [Prov. Eng.] 
He schokkes owtte a schorte knyf e schethede with silvere, 
And scholde have slottede hyme in, bot no slytte happenede 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3854. slothH, . 
2. To provide with a slot or groove; hollow 
out. 
A third operation is needed to clear the mortise of the 
chips after it has been slotted out by the chisel. 
Ore, Diet., IV. 967. 
3. In coal-mining, same as hole*, 3 (6). [York- 
shire, Eng.] 
71. 
are confined to the wooded regions of tropical America, 
extending northward into Mexico. At least 12 species 
are described, but the true number is fewer. All have 
three toes on the hind feet, but some have only two on the 
fore feet, whence the obvious distinction of three-toed and 
two-toed sloths (a distinction even more strongly marked 
in the anatomy of these animals) warranted a division of 
the family into bradypods(Bro<iypodin)andcholopodine8 
(Cholopodiwe). Most sloths belong to the former group, 
and these have the general name ai. The best-known of 
these is the collared three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus 
or tarquatus, with a sort of mane. The unau or two-toed 
sloth, Choloints didactylus, inhabits Brazil ; it is entirely 
covered with long coarse woolly hair. (See cut under Cho- 
lopus. ) A second and quite distinct species of this genus, 
C. hofmanni, inhabits Central America. (See Tardigra- 
da, 1.) The name is apparently a translation of the Por- 
tuguese word preguica (Latin pigrilia), slowness, slothful- 
ness. See the quotation. 
Here [in Brazil] is a Beast so slow in motion that in fif- 
teen days he cannot go further than a man can throw a 
stone ; whence the Portugals call it Pigritia. 
S. Clarke, Qeog. Descr. (1671), p. 282. 
5. One of the gigantic fossil gravigrade eden- 
tates, as a megatherium or mylodon. See cut 
under Mylodon Australian sloth. Same as koala. 
Bengal sloth, the slow lemur or slow loris. Ceylon 
sloth, the slow loris. Giant or gigantic sloth. See 
def. 5. Native sloth (of Australia). Same as koala. 
Ursine sloth, the aswail or sloth-bear. See cut under 
aswail. = Syn. 2. Indolence, inertness, torpor, lumpish- 
ness. See idle. 
[< ME. slewthen, < sleicthe, sloth : see 
sloth*, n.J I. intrans. To be idle or slothful. 
Gower. (Imp. Diet.) 
II. trans. To delay. 
Yn whych mater ye shall do me ryght singlerplesyr, and 
that thys be not slewthed, for taryeng drawth perell. 
Paston Letters, I. 175. 
Sloth 2 t, n. A Mjddle English form of sleuth*. 
n. A 
., 
, [A var. of "sloth, < ME. sloth, sloth-animalcule (sl6th v an-i-mal*kul), 
sluth, a track, < Icel. sloth, a track or trail in bear-animalcule. See Arctisca, Macrobiotidee, 
snow or the like : see sleuth?. For slots as re- and Tardigrada, 2. 
lated to rfoffe, ct. height, sight*, as related to obs. sloth-bear (sloth'bar), n. The aswail. See 
highth, sighth.] The track of a deer, as fol- Melursus, and cut under aswail. 
lowed by the scent or by the mark of the foot; slothful (sloth'- or sloth'ful), a. [Early mod. 
any such track, trace, or trail. 
Often from his [the hart's] feed 
The dogs of him do find, or thorough skilful heed 
The huntsman by his slot, or breaking earth, perceives 
Where he hath gone to lodge. Draytan, Polyolbion, xiii. 
The age of a deer is, for the most part, determined by pi u . 
the size and shape of the horns; the experienced forester slothfnllv (sloth' or xlnrh'fiil n 
can also tell by the "slot" or "spoor." 
W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 509. s 1 ?^". 1 manner ; '- 
E. slowthfull, slouthfull, slcwthfull; < sloth* 
-ful.~\ Inactive ; sluggish ; lazy; indolent ; idle. 
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him 
that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. 
Lazy, Sluggish, etc. (see \dle\ slack, supine, tor- 
'- or sloth 
fe. In a 
. . idly- 
-nes), n. The 
CornhOl Mag., Oct., 1888. slot 3 (slot), v. t. ; pret. and pp. slotted, ppr. . - , . 
" f< slots n~l Tntrflf.VhvtVioalr.tu, state or quality of being slothful ; the indul- 
>t*,n.] i by the slot, as f lih inactivity . the habit f idl 
slotting. [< slots, .] To trac 
deer. Compare slothound. 
flock. 
The slow 
Stanihurst, JEnelA, i. 191. 
ness; laziness. 
sloth-monkey (sl6th'mung"ki), . 
loris: a slow lemur. 
The keeper led us to the spot where he had seen the Slothound (slot'hound), n. [<*to3 + hound. Cf. 
deer feeding in the early morning, and I soon satisfied sleuth-hound.} Same as sleuth-hound. [Scotch.] 
myself by dotting him that there was no mistake. Misfortunes which track my footsteps like slot-houitdt. 
i. ne rteta, eo. M, looo, p. zlb. Scott 
8 Slot* (slot), v. t. ; pret and pp. slotted, ppr. slot- slotten (slot'n), p. a. [A dialectal variant of 
',.) ting. [Avar, of stati.] To shut with violence ; the past participle of s/ifi.] Divided. Haiti- 
is slam. Ray. [Prov. Eng.] well PProv TCn*r 1 
* .1 * /,.l^i\ ., ci ^ _T_ji .1 .n \- "" e* J 
slosh-wheel 
trammel-wheel. 
sloshy (slosh'i), . [< slosh + -)/i.] Same as 
slushy. 
slot 1 (slot), n. [Also in some senses slote, sloat; 
< ME. slot, slotte, < D. slot, a bolt, lock, castle, 
,, n. Same as slot*, slot*. 
sloth 1 (sloth or sloth), . [Early mod. E. also 
sloath, sloicth; < ME. slouhthe, slouthe, sleuth, 
sleuthe, slew the ; with abstract formative -th, 
< AS. slaw, slow (cf. sliew, sloth): see slow*, a. 
Sloth stands for slowth, as troth for trowth. Ct. 
blowtli, growth, lowth.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. 
These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor 
This dilatory sloth. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 237. 
Eng.] 
slotter 1 (slot'er), v. [< ME. sloteren; cf. slod- 
der, slattei:] I. trans. To foul; bespatter with 
filth. 
Than awght the sawle of synfulle withinne 
Be full fowle, thates al dotyrd that in synne. 
Hampole, MS. Bowes, p. 70. (Halliwell.) 
II. intrans. To eat noisily. [Prov. Eng.] 
Blotter 1 (slot'er), . [<slotter*,r.'] Filth; uasti- 
ness. [Prov. Eng.] 
