sloanidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. sloan ( ea ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Bot .: A family of Tilese. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1599.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To spill or cause to overflow, as a liquid. *2. To drink gro ly and greedily. slop (1), s. [A. S. sloppe , slyppe the sloppy drippings of a cow; prob. allied to slab , slabber , slaver, and slobber ; cf. Icel. slop slimy offal of fish; slipja =slime; Gael. & Irish slaib =mire, mud.] 1. Water carele ly thrown about or spilt, as on a table, .; a puddle, a soiled spot. 2. Poor liquor; liquid food, such as broth, milk, ., given to invalids. (Generally in the plural.) 3. ( Pl .): The waste, dirty water of a house. slop-basin, slop-bowl, s. A basin or ve el into which the dregs from the tea or coffee-cups are emptied. 2. Any kind of outer garment made of linen; a a night-gown; a kind of cloak or mantle. "Rhymes are guards on wanton Cupid's hose; Disfigure not his slop ." slop (3), s . [See def.] A contraction of esclop , a term used in the back-slang of the lower cla es for a policeman. It is an attempt to render the back. ward spelling of the word police pronounceable. [SLANG (2), s., (1).] IMG:content-1600.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1601.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1602.png:[blocks in formation] slop'-shop, 8. [Eng. slop (2), s., and shop .] A shop *slöp-ỹ, a . [Eng.slop(e); -y.] Sloping. "Where the mantling willows nod From the green bank's slopy side." slosh, s. [SLUSH.] Soft mud, filth. slosh-wheel, s . IMG:content-1603.png:[blocks in formation] "The laboring hunter tufts the thick unbarbed grounds Where harbor'd is the hart; there often from his feed The dogs of him do find; or thorough skilful heed The huntsman by his slot , or breaking earth perceives." Drayton: Polyolbion , s. 13. *2. A track, trail, or trace of any kind. "This odious fool, who leaves the noisome stench of his rude stot behind him."-Milton: Col aster i on, slot-hound, 8. [SLEUTH-HOUND.] slot (2), *slotte, *sloot, s . [Dut. slot =a lock from sluiten to shut (pa. t. sloot , pa. par. gesloten ); O. Fris. slot, from slut a =to shut; Low Ger. slot , from slut a =to shut; Sw. slut a =to shut (pa. t. slot , pa. par. sluten ; Ger. schlie en; O. H. Ger. sliozan ; M. H. Ger. sliezen.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The fastening of a door; a bar, a bolt. (Prov.) 2. A piece of timber which connects or holds others together; a slat or sloat. II. Technically : 1. Mach .: An elongated, narrow perforation or aperture, a slit; a rectangular rece or depre ion cut partially into the thickne of any piece of metal for the reception of another piece of similar form. "Some of them had pearls enclosed in a slot within the breadth of the blade."-London Daily Telegraph . 2. The at .: A trap-door in the stage of a theater. (Also spelled slote .)