slenderness

[Eng. slender; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being slender; slimne , thinne , slightne . "By their extreme littlene or by their slenderne ."_ Boule: Works , i. 574. 2. Want of strength; feeblene , slightne , weak. ne ; as, the slenderne of a probability. 3. Insufficiency, meagerne , sparsene . "From the slenderne of their fortunes." - Knox : Hints to Young Mен. *slent, s . [SLENT, v .] An oblique or sarcasti remark; a gibe, a jest. "Cleopatra found Antonius' jests and slents to be but gro ." - North: Plutarch, p. 763. slen-tan-do, adv. Same as LENTANDO (q. v.). *slent, v. i. & t. [SLANT, a ] A. In trans.: To make oblique or sarcastic remarks or reflections. "One Proteus, a pleasant conceited man, and that could slent finely." -North: Plutarch , p. 744. B. Transitive : 1. To cause to turn aslant or aside; to ward off. 2. To rend. "They were slented and shivered asunder."- Howell: Letters, bk. iv. let. 19. *slep, *slepe, s. & v . [SLEEP.]