sleeve waistcoat (slevwast kot)

Same as sleeved waist coat (which see, under sleeved ). At intervals, these street-sellers dispose of a sleeve waistcoat at from 48. 6d. to 68. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 435. sleeve-weight (slēv'wat), n. A metal weight of such shape as to be easily adjusted to the edge or bottom of long, hanging sleeves, used to keep them smooth during wear. For certaine in our storie, she Would euer with Marina be. Beet when they weaude the sleded silke, With fingers long, small, white as milke. Shak., Pericles, iv., Prol., 1. 21 (original spelling). slender For the pi emyres wolde a aylen hem and devouren hem anon; so that no man may gete of that gold but be grete sleighte. Mandeville , Travels, p. 301. Thus may ye seen that wisdom ne riche e, Beaute ne sleighte , str eng the ne hardyne e, Ne may with Venus holde champart ye. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1090. As Uly es and stout Diomede With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents, And brought from thence the Thracian fatal steeds. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 20. sled: see sled1, of which sleigh is thus a doublet.] 1. A vehicle, mounted on runners, for IMG:content-1279.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] Eclec. Rev. (Imp. Dict .) 2. A form of drag-carriage for the transport of artillery in countries where much snow falls; also, the carriage on which heavy guns are moved when in store, by means of rollers placed underneath the carriage and worked by handspikes.-3. The slender fore part of the lower jaw of a whale, containing the teeth: same as coach, 5. See pan1, 12.