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Show 5P His majefly encouraged his fubje@s to mak mouths 2t their betters, and afterwards fireene Spectator them from punifhment The {cales, of which the fcarf-fkin is compofed are defigned to fence the orifices of the fecretor duéts of the miliary glands, and to fkreen th Cheyne nerves from external injuries SkuEk. adj. [Of this word there is foun no fatisfaétory derivation.] Oblique fidelong. It is moit ufed in the adver afkue Several have imagined that this /e pofture o the axis is a moft unfortunate thing; and that i the poles had been ere& to the plane of th ecliptick, all mankind would haye enjoyed a ver Bentley paradife 7 SkuLk @ # T hide i to lur fear or malice Difcover'd, and defeated of your prey You f&x/kd behind the fence, and fneak'd away Dyryden While publick good aloft in pomp they wicld And private intereft fAz/ks behind the thield. Yeung SKULL. . /. [ ficla, Iandick ; featts Iflandick, a head. 1. The bone that inclofes the head : it i made up of feveral pieees, which, bein joined together, form a confiderable cavity, which contains the brain as in box, and it is proportionate to the bigQuincy nefs of the brain Some lay in dead men's f&u/ls 5 and in thoie holes ‘Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept As "twere in fcorn of eyes, refle¢ting gems Shakefpeare's Richard 111 With redoubled ftrokes he plies his head But drives the batter'd f&«// within the brains. Dry 2. [yceole, Saxon, a company. A fhoal See ScurL Repair to the river, where you have feen the fwim in fkulls or fhoals Walton Sxv'Lrcar A head-piece # / Skuv'LLCAP. 7 /. [caffida, Latin.] A plant SKY. n. /. [ f&y, Danifh. 3. The region which furrounds this eart beyond the atmofphere. It is taken fo the whole region without the earth The mountains their broad backs upheav Into the clouds, their tops afcend the fy. Mikon The maids of Argos, who with frantick cries And imitated lowings, fill'd the fies. Rofcommon Raife all thy winds, with night involve the fies 2. 1Ihe Neaven Dryden The thunderer's bolt, you know S#y planted, battes all rebelling coafts Shakefpeare's Cymbeline What is this knowledge but the &y ftol'n fire For which the thief ftill chain'd in ice doth fit Dawies Wide is.the fronting g7*e, and, rais'd on high ‘With adamantine columns threats the fy. Dryd. 3. The weather; the climate with thy uncovered body this extremity of the fies Shakefpeare's King Lear We envy not the warmer clime, that lie ¥n ten degrees of mose indulgent fkies MNor at the coarfenefs of our heav'n.repine Though.o'er our heads the frozen Pieiads thine Addifon $kY'EY. adj. [from fBy. Not ver ele Ethereal A breath thou art Servile to all the fyey influences That do-this habitation, where thou keep'#t Houwrly afilic in this cafe, to makea flack c S5 of exciting a convulfion'. M[fit!flioj!,'g«"(% A folation as clear as water, with on.ly a ligh th a g h f ne i t n bu u l c yf o tou Boyle ceruleous tinéture of filver 2. Relaxed; weak ; not holding Mu . w l c a b [ j a E u Sky'coL Blue; azure; like the fky when }‘1 hinted himfelf ha Ovi This you tells us that the blue water-nymph 3 are drefled i Addifon Jy-coloured garments adj. [ /&y and dye.] Coloure Sk¥'DYED Shakefp. Meafure for Meafure Skx"coLour. 7z /. [y and coloxr.] A azurg colour 3 the colour of the fky Remifs ; no fervent Enveloped b SkYED. adj. (from f&y. the fkies. This is unauthorifed and inelegant Secing his foldiers flack and timorous, he proved them of cowardice and treafon 'Knol Nor were it juft, would he refume that fhy The pale deluge float O'er the fky'd mountain to the fhadowy vale That flack devotion fhould his thunder {€ape, T homfon Coloured b Sky'1sH. adj. [from fEy. the ether; approaching the fky Of this flat a mountain you have made T* o'ertop old Pelion, or the fkyi/b hea Sky'LARK. 7 /. [y and lark. that mounts and fings A lar He next proceeded to the /Eylark, mounting u by a proper fcale of notes, and afterwards falling t Speffator the ground with a very eafy defcent Sky'LicHT. #. J. [fy and light.] window placed in a room, not laterally but in the cieling A monftrous fowl dropped through the fy-light Arbutbnot and Pope near his wife's apartment SkY ROCKET # J 4. Not violent ; not rapid Their pace was formal, grave, and Jlack 5. Not intenfe Dddefl A handful of flack dried hops fpoil ma by taking awayjtlheir pleafanf fn}x)ell Mortimer's Hujhmdq 1. To be remifs ; to negleé When thou fhalt vow a vow unto the Lord, fla not to pay it Deuteronomy, xxiiis 21 2. To lofe the power of cohefion The fire, in lime burnt, lies hid, fo that it zp flies high an Moxon's Mechanical Exercifi SLAB. z. / Ainfworth 1. A puddle z. A plane of ftone : as, a marble /ab SLaB. adj. [a word, I fuppofe, of the fam original with flabber, or flaver.] Thick vifcous; glutinous Nofe of Turk, and Tartars lips Finger of birth-ftrangled babe Ditch-deliver'd by a drab Make the gruel thick and flab. Shak. Macketh L Zo SLack v. n. [from the adjec 7o SLa'ckeN. § tive. [y and rocket. 1 confidered a comet, or, in the language of th vulgar, a blazing ftar, as a f&yrocket difcharged b Addifon an hand that is almighty w. n Hudipry pears to be cold; but water excites it again, where kind of firework, whic burns as 1t flies 7o SLA'BBER Dutch. Rebellion now began, for lac Of zeal and plunder, to grow flack His nimble wit outran the heavy pack Shakefpeare's Hamlet Of blue Olympus diligent; not eapeps ward be flack, the alacrity and fer our of oth ferveth as a prefent fpur Haok: Pope There figs, fkydyed, a purple hue difclofe Dlo{wn d'rf)pp d, ang _alll the faded rofes fhe M'd: Thus much help and furtherance ed, in that, if fo be our zeal and dcv;i;‘::'r;y&e: like the fky by it flacks and crumbles into fine powder 3. Toe abate Whence thefe raging fire Will flacken, if his breath ftir not their Aames Milten 4. To languifh ; to fail ; to flag. Ainf 76 SLacK V 7o SLA'CKEN a 1. To loofen ; to make lefs tight Ah'! generous youth, that wifh forbear Q'fl Slack all thy fails, and fear to come Had Ajax been emyloy'd, our flacker'd fail Drydt { Had ftill at Aulis waited happy gales 2. 'To relax; to remit This makes the pulfes beat, and lungs refpire; This holds the finews like a bridle's reins And makes the body-to adyance,Tetire [ flabben, flabberen To turn, or ftop, as the them flacks or ftrains 1. To let the fpittle fall from the mouth to drivel Dawies ‘kmgS t an peopl t uf du power' Taugh 50 fix: tende it ftrai no flac t no Taugh 2. To fhed or pour any thing 7o SLA'EBER. V. a. [ flaver is the word feem Philip mitig te t 3. To eaf ufed. fate fo mifta b i ufe hav 1. To {fmear with fpittle d \ m h a u g o b e b n v h n M chee t chee fro over al m He flabbere with his great tongue ?n a f b e i r f r y w a t d o l r ftric Arbuth. Hift. of Fobn Bull e C e t a o f f r o v h b w palties from l 2. To thed 5 to fpill m n t l c fl r m w l f e t thither, whe The milk-pan and cream-pot fo flabber'dand toft That butter is wanting, and cheefe is half loft Sva'srErER an no 7 /. [from flabber.] H T adj 2. Wet ; floody Allow'd vei in the 'ar is that whic Aretzu commonly opens j and ke givesa partigular caption; poor helplefs man mIgh e { f ' I you, great pOW'IS, and th arm eac My guard Ar a f Of ayfirr n a f Taen for the ftate, Bmfi;fl‘m To rid the flabby pavements, pafs not by. ~ Gay Th tha 4. 'To remit for befom ply SLACK. adj. [rleac, Saxon ; flaken, Iilandick; yflack, Welth; laxus, Lat. L. Not tenfe ; not hard drawn ; loofe jove p i P l o r f n f e t m a His pref::nt th'u? in low language ‘When waggifh boys the ftunte Pagadf : P e _ c A m f o m al t t Indulge Not ufed In the cure of an ulcer, with a moift intemperies, flabby and greafy medicaments are to b forborn, and drying to be ufed. W ifeman's Surgery S On our account ha [the fame with [ab. 1. Thick; vifcous u r w e t i w i r f the hard r e o l r m o g e t flacked l a c o r c b e t I refpite, or deceive, or flack the pa Of thit ill manfions who flabbers; an idiot SLa'BBY All his joints relag'd From his jla'cle hand the garland wreat yq fo Tuffer Thou wert better in thy grave, than to anfwe gantly formed. SLITA S L With fuch dela 1 courfe W t 5. To canf abase Yo |