Part 491

5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

Slush (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing.] 1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Slush"y (?), a. Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. "A dark, drizzling, slushy day." Blackw. Mag.

Slut (?), n. [OE. slutte; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel. slöttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.] 1. An untidy woman; a slattern.

Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge.

Old Proverb.

2. A servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.]

Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightly, doing more service than both the others.

Pepys.

3. A female dog; a bitch.

Slutch (?), n. [CF. Sludge.] Slush. [Prov. Eng.]

Slutch"y (?), a. Slushy. [Prov. Eng.] Pennant.

Sluth"hound` (?), n. Sleuthhound.

Slut"ter*y (?), n. The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines. Drayton.

Slut"tish (?), a. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.

Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray.

Chaucer.

An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.

Sir W. Scott.

-- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.

Sly (?), a. [Compar. Slier (?) or Slyer; superl. Sliest or Slyest.] [OE. sli, slegh, sleih, Icel sl&?;gr, for sl&?;gr; akin to Sw. slug, Dan. slu, LG. slou, G. schlau; probably to E. slay, v.t.; cf. G. verschlagen sly. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Sleight.] 1. Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves.

Wyclif (Matt. x. 16).

Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly.

Fairfax.

2. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness, The litle of the kingdom I possess.