slighty ( gh silent)

[Eng. slight, a.; -y.] 1. Superficial, slight. "This slothful and slighty way."-Echard: Obs. on Answer to Contempt of Clergu, p. 134. 2. Trifling, inconsiderable. IMG:content-1585.png:[blocks in formation] " Slyme was a fatne e that i ued out of the earth, like vnto tarre." -Tyndall: Works , p. 6. (3) A mucous, viscous substance, exuded from the bodies of certain animals. "The soft slime of the snail hardens." -Goldsmith: Animated Nature , bk. iv., ch. v. 2. Fig .: Anything of a clinging and offensive nature, as cringing or fawning words or actions, the reproach that follows evil-doing, . "The slime that sticks on filthy deeds." Shakesp.: Othello, v. 2. II. Metall .: The common name among miners for the mud obtained by wet grinding or stamping the ores of the precious metals.