Part 224

Sludge (?), n. Anything resembling mud or slush; as: (a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. (b) Mud from a drill hole in boring. (c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. (d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc. (e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.

Sludge acid. Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum.

Sludg"er (?), n. A shovel for sludging out drains, etc.

Slug"ging match. (a) A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. [Cant or Slang] (b) A ball game, esp. a baseball game, in which there is much hard hitting of the ball. [Slang, U. S.]

Slum (?), v. i. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. [Colloq.]

Slum"gum` (?), n. The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.

Slump, v. i. 1. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.

2. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]

Slump, n. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. [Colloq.]

Smash (?), v. t. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.

Smear"case` (?), n. [G. schmierkäse; schmier grease (or schmieren to smear) + käse cheese.] Cottage cheese. [Local, U. S.]

Smell"ing salts. An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like.

Smoke ball. Same as Puffball.

Smoke"less pow"der. A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke.

Smok"er (?), n. A gathering for smoking and social intercourse. [Colloq.]

That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.

Strand Mag.

Smoth"er (?), n. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.

Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.

The Century.

Smoth"ered mate. (Chess) Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

Snap (?), v. t. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

Snap, v. i. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

Snap, n. 1. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.]

2. A snap shot with a firearm.

3. (Photog.) A snapshot.

4. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]

Snap, a. Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. [Colloq.]