sloven wood (sluvnwud)

[A perversion of southernwood.] The southernwood, Artemisia Abrotanum. [Prov. Eng.] slow1 (slo), a. and n. [Sc. slaw; Saturne is sloughe and litille mevynge; for he taryethe, to make his turn be the 12 Signes, 30 Zeer. Mandeville , Travels, p. 162. Me thou think'st not slow , Who since the morning-hour set out from heaven Where God resides, and ere mid-day arrived In Eden. Milton , P. L., viii. 110. IMG:content-1328.png:[blocks in formation] 5705 African, Arctocebus and Per odic tic us (see these technical words, and angwantibo, potto ); specifically, the slow loris. - Slow loris, a slow lemur, the slow-paced lemur, Nyc ticebus tardigradus, or Loris stenops, also called Bengal and Ceylon sloth. It is scarcely as large as a sloth, is nocturnal and arboreal, and very slow and sedate in its movements. It sleeps during the day clinging to the branch of a tree, and by night prowls about after its prey, which consists of small birds and quadrupeds, eggs, and and insects. slubber fixed rate: it is generally prepared by soaking or boiling rope or cord of some sort in a solution of saltpeter.