slaister

[Etym. doubtful; prob. connected with slush. ( Jamie son.)] 1. The act of dabbling in anything moist and unc tuous; the act of bedaubing. 2. A quantity of anything moist and unctuous; a worthle heterogeneous composition. slāis-těr, v. t . & i . [SLAISTER, 8. ] A. Trans .: To bedaub. B. In trans.: To do anything in an awkward and untidy way. "Hae, there's a soup parritch for ye; it will set you better to be slaistering at thim."- Scott : Antiquary , ch. x. slāis-ter-ý, s. [Eng. slaister ; -y.] The offals of a kitchen, including the mixed refuse of solids and fluids; dirty work. ( Scotch .) slāke (1), *slack, v . t . & i . [ A.S.sleacian =to grow slack or remi ; sleac =slack (q.v.); Icel. slökva = to slake; Sw. släcka =to quench, to put out, slack. Slake is a doublet of slack (q. v.).] A. Transitive : 1. To quench, to extinguish, to allay, to decrease. "For lack of further lives to slake The thirst of vengeance now awake." Byron: Siege of Corinth, xxxii. 2. To mix or cause to combine with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place. "That which he saw happened to be fresh lime, and gathered before any rain had fallen to slake it."-Wood ward. B. Intransitive: 1. To absorb or become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place. "I have kept lime long without slaking , and without imparting to the ambient liquor any sensible heat."Boyle: Works , iii. 479. *2. To be quenched; to go out; to become extinct, to fail. "Perceiving that his flame did slake ." Brown. (Todd.) *3. To give way; to fail, to slacken, to become relaxed. "But when the body's strongest sinews slake, Then is the soul most active, quick and gay." Davies. (Todd.) slake slāke (2), s . [SLAKE (2), v.] A smear; a splotch of that with which any thing is bedaubed. ( Scotch .) "May be a touch o' a black it cork, or a slake o' paint." Scott: Mid loth i an , ch. xxii. slāked, pa. par. or a. [SLAKE (1), v.] slaked-lime, s. Chem. slāke'-le , a. [Eng. slake (1), v.; -le .] Incapa ble of being slaked; inextinguishable, unquenchable. slăk-in, s. [SLAKE (1), v.] Metall .: A spongy, semi-vitrified substance mixed by smelters with the ores of metal to prevent their fusion. It is the scoria or scum separated from the surface of a former fusion of the same metal. slăm, v . t . & i . [ Norw.slemba , slemma , slamra = to smack, to bang, to slam a door; Swedish dial. slämma =to slam; Icel. slamra , slambra =to slam; Sw.slamra =to prate, chatter, or jingle; slammer = a clank, a noise.] IMG:content-1564.png:[blocks in formation] slăm (2), s. [Etym. doubtful.] The refuse of alum-works, used as a manure. slăm-kin, slăm-mer-kin, subst . [Dut.slomp; Ger. schlampe = a slut, a trollop; dim in. suff. -kin.) A slut; a slatternly woman. (Prov.) *slăm-pāine, *slăm-pant, s. [Cf. SLAM.] A hit, a cuff, a blow. "That one rascal in such scornefull wise should give them the slampaine ." -Holinshed: Des. Ireland , ch. iii. slăn, slāne, slern, s. [SLOE.] slan-der, *schlaun-dir, *sclaun-der, *sclaundre, *sclan-dre, *slaun-der, s . [O. Fr. esclandre , scandele, escandel, escandle , from Lat. scandalum =scandal (q. v.). Slander and scandal are thus doublets.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A false report or tale maliciously uttered or circulated, and tending to damage the reputation of another; the act of uttering or circulating such 'a report or tale; defamation, detraction. "Whether we speak evil of a man to his face, or behind his back: the former way indeed seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call reviling; the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call slander or backbiting."- Til lots on : Sermon 42. *2. An injury or offense done by words. "Do me no slander, Douglas." Shakesp.. Henry IV., Pt . I. , iv. 3. *3. A disgrace, a reproach, a scandal. "That shameful hag, the slaunder of her sexe." Spenser: F. Q., IV. viii. 35. 4. Ill-name, ill-report, ill-reputation, disrepute. "You shall not find me, daughter, After the slander of most stepmothers, Ill-eyed unto you." Shakesp.. Cymbeline, i. 1. II. Law . The maliciously defaming of a person in his reputation, busine , or profe ion, by spoken words, as libel is by written words. A person can only be proceeded against civilly for slander, whereas libel may be criminally punished. slan-děr, v. t. [SLANDER, 8.] 1. To defame; to injure in reputation, busine , or profe ion, by the malicious utterance of a false report; to utter slander concerning; to calumniate. "Slandered by those to whom his captivity was justly imputable."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xviii. 3714 *2. To detract from; to disparage. "The sentence that you have slandered so." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , ii. 4. *3. To disgrace, to dishonor. "Slandering creation with a false esteem." Shakesp.: Sonnet 12. *4 To reproach. "Slander Valentine With falsehood, cowardice, and poor descent." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 2. slan-der-er, s. [Eng. slander , v.; -er .] One who slanders another; a calumniator, a defamer; one who utters slanders about another. "The slanderer here confe es, he has no further notice of me than his own conjecture." -Milton : Apol . for Smec tymnuus. slan-der-oŭs, *sclaun-der-ous, *slaun drous, a . [Eng. slander; ous .] 1. Uttering slanders or defamatory reports concerning others; given or disposed to slandering others. "I love him still, despite my wrongs, By hasty wrath and slanderous tongues." Scott: Lady of the Lake , ii. 32. 2. Containing slander or defamation; defamatory, calumnious. "Truth shall retire Be struck with slandrous darts." Milton: P. L., xii. 536. ous. "The vile and slanderous death of the cro ."- Book of Homilies. (1573.) slan'-der-oŭs-lý, adv. [Eng. slanderous: -ly.] In a slanderous manner; with slander or defamation; calumniously. "Its enemies slanderously represent." -Sharp: Sermons vol. i., ser. 2. slan-der-oŭs-ne , adv. [Eng. slanderous; -ne .) The quality or state of being slanderous or defamatory.