slogan (slogan)

[Sometimes mistaken for a horn, and absurdly written slughorn; The gathering word peculiar to a certain name, or set of people, was termed slogan or slughorn , and was always repeated at an onset, as well as on many other occasions. It was usually the name of the clan, or place of rendezvous, or leader. Child's Ballads, VI. 135, note. The streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam, and falchions redden, And heard the slogan's deadly yell. Scott, L. of L. M., i. 7. 2. Figuratively, the distinctive cry of any body Kinmont Willie (Child's Ballads, VI. 61). of persons. When mighty squireships of the quorum Their hydra drouth did sloken . Burns , On Meeting with Lord Daer. slocking-stone (slok'ing-stōn), n. In mining, a tempting, inducing, or rich stone of ore. [Cornwall, Eng.] So likewise there have been some instances of miners who have deceived their employers by bringing them Slocking-Stones from other mines, pretending they were found in the mine they worked in; the meaning of which imposition is obvious. Pryce . slodder (slod'ėr), n . sluddern = MHG. slotern , G. schlottern , dangle, = Icel. slothra , slora , drag or trail oneself along; freq. of the simple verb, MHG. sloten , tremble, = Icel. slot a , droop, = Norw. slut a , droop, slöda , slöe , trail, = Sw. dial. slot a , be lazy; the forms being more or le involved; cf. slotter , slatter , slur2 .] Slush, or wet mud. Hall i well . [Prov. [Cf. MD. slodderen = LG . Eng.] sloe (slō), n.; pl. sloes, formerly and dial. slone. [ME. sto, pl. slon, slan (> E. dial. slan ), The peculiar slogans of almost all the Eastern colleges. The Century, XXXIV. 898.