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Show N L file SL f‘\‘.{‘; V §L0'PENESS. . /. [fl'om/z'(_:pe.] Obliquity declivity ; not perpendicularity Su The ltalians give the cover a graceful pendenc R i of flopenc/ss dividing the whole breadt into nin parts, whereof two' fhall ferve for the elevation o the higheft ridge Watton's Arcbitecture b, ‘§ropEwisE. adj. [ fope and «wife. clean.sh data import.tsv out README Jiquely; not perpendicularly Ob " The Wear is a frith, reaching flopewvife throug the Ofe from the land to low-water mark, an having inita bent or cod \vlnth zm_cyc-hook 3 whér the fifh entering, upon their coming back with th ebb, are ftopped from iffuing out again, forfake Careww by the water, and left dry on the ofe [from floping.] Ob SL0PINGLY. adv liquely ; not perpendicularly Thefe atoms do not defcend always perpendicu o TR ary, but fometimes flopingly Digby on the Soul V SLOPPY. adj. [from /lop. Miry and wet :fui perhaps rather flabby Gy SLoT. w. a See SrLas Dutch. [ flughen T ftrike or clafh hard 4:8vot. #. /o [ flod, Ilandick. of a deer The trac SrorH. 7. /. [ylepd, rleps, Saxon. I might therefore be not improperly written floath but that i {eems bette t regard the orthography of the primitiv aate, flow. 1. Slownefs; tardinefs Thefe cardinals trifle with me ¢ T abho This dilatory floth and tricks of Rome Shake[peare's Henry VII1 it 2, Lazinefs; fluggithnefs ; idlenefs Falfe of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand Shakefp. King Lear- Hog in floth, fox in ftealth They change their courfe to pleature, eafe, an Milton floth 3 BE Induftry approach'd ‘And rous'd him from his miferable forb T bomfon's Autumn 3. An animal The floth is an animal of f that he will be three or fou climbing uwp and coming down the length of fifty paces on plai a whole day © Sw'rerur lazy flow a motion days at leat i tree; and to g ground, require Grew adj. [ floth and full. ] ldle fluggifh dull of motion inactive indolent He that is flothfu/ in his work, is brother t him that is a great wafter Prov. xviiis g The defire of the flothful killeth him; for bi hands refufe to labour Prov. xxi. 2 To vice induftrious 5 but to nobler deed Timorous and flothful Milton Flora commands thofe nymphs and knights Who liv'd in flo:hful eafe and loofe delights Who never acts of honour durft purfue The men inglorious knights, the ladies all untrue Dryden The very foul of the flothful does efie@ually bu lie drowfing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his fenfes . Another is deaf to all the motive L' Efrange Zyi to piety, b indulging an idle florhful temper SLo‘THFULLY adv Law [ from flothful. I@ly 5. lazily; with floth SLOTHFULNESS. 7. /- [ from Jflothful. Idlenefs ;. lazinefs; fluggifhnefs ; inactivity . To truft to labour without prayer, argucth imPlety an prophanenefs; it maketh -light of th providence' of God: and although it be not th intent of a religisus mind, yet it is the fault o thofe. men whofe religion wanteth light of a mature Jlljl‘iment to disect it, when we join with ou flathfulnefs, and negle@ of convenient laPraye Hovker Sour Shthfulngs cafteth into a deep fleep, and an idl foul fhall fuffer hunger StovcH 1. n. / downcaf head Prov. xix. 15 [ /loff; Danifh ftupid. look ; a depreflion of th In Scotland a angainly gait as alfo the perfon whofe gait it is Our doctor has every quality that can make man ufeful5 but, alas ! he hath a fort of flouch i his walk Savift 2. A man who looks heavy and clownith Begin thy carols then, thou vaunting flouch _Bc thine the oaken ftaff, or mine the pouch. Gay Zo SLoucH. w. 7. [from the noun. have a downcaft clownifh look SLO'VEN Welfh #. / [ floef nafty, fhabby. Dutch ; yflyvn ma inde and anticipate their laft hour Herbert You laugh, half beau, half floven, ifT frand My wig balf powder, and all fnu{l' my band. Pope Their methods various, but alike their aim The floven and the fopling are the fame. Young SLO'VENLINESS. 7z /. [from floverly.] Indecent negligence of drefs; neglect o cleanlinefs Stovenlinefs is the worft fign of a hard ftudent and civility the beft exercife of the remifs; ye not to be exact in the phrafe of compliment, o geftures of courtefys Weotton SLO'VENLY. adj. [from floven] Negligen neatnefs no /B fop at laft found out a flowenly lazy fellow lolling at his eafe, as if he had nothing to do L' Effrange SLo'VENLY. adv. [ from floven. coarfe inelegant manner In As 1 hang my clothes on fomewhat flovenly, no fooner went in but he frowned upon me. Pope SLO'VENRY nefs; wan n. /. [from flowen. Dirti of neatnefs Our gaynefs and our gilt arc all befmirch' With rainy marching in the painful field There's not a piece of feather in our hoft And time hath wor us into flovenry Shakefpeare's Henry V StoucGH. # /. [rlog, Saxon. 1. A deep miry place; a hole full of dirt The Scots werein a fallow field, whereinto th Englifh could not enter, but over a crofs ditch an a flough horfe wer Th He's her As the fnake, roll'd in a flow'ry bank With fhining checker'd flongh, doth fting a child That for the beauty thinks it excellent Shakefpeare's Henry V At the next drefling I found a flough come awa with the dreflings, which was the fordes o 3. It is ufed by Shake/peare fimply for th fkin 4. The part that feparates from a foul fore The minifters came to church in handfome holiday apparel, and that himfelf did not think the bound by the law of God to go like flovens. Hooker Afteét in things about thee cleanlinefs That all may gladly board thee as a flow'r Siovens take up their ftock of noifomenef of drefs ; negligen neat ; not cleanly world, is as the womb or flough from whence w Grew's Cofimol iffue, and are born into the other 'T cently negligent of cleanlinefs ; a ma dirtily drefled Beforehand The flough of an Englifh viper, that is, the cuticula, they caft off twice every year, at fprin and fall: the feparation begins at the head, and i Grew finifhed in twenty-four hours The body, which we leave behind in this vifibl in pafling whereof many of the Englit Hayward plunged, and fome mired ways being foul, twenty to on fluck in a flough, and overthrown Milton A carter had laid his waggon faft in a flough L' Efirange 2. The fkin which a ferpent cafts.off at hi periodical renovation Wifeman on Uleers 7o SLovuGH. @w. n [from the noun.] T part from the found fleth. A chirurgical term Sto'veuy. adj. [from flough.] Mirys; boggy; muddy That cuftom fhould not be allowed, of cuttin feraws in low grounds floughy underneath, whic turn into bog Swifte SLOW. «dj. [rlap, rleap, Saxon; fleexw Frifick. 1. Not {wift;. not quick of motion; not {peedy ; not having velocity; wantin celerity Me thow think'ft not /s ‘Who fince the morning hour fet out from heav'n, Where God refides, and on mid-day arriy' In Eden, diftance inexpreflible Milton.Where the motion is fo floz as not to fupply conftant train of frefh ideas to the fenfes, the fenf of motion is loft Lockes 2. Late ; not happening in a. fhort time Thefe ehanges in the heav'ns, though flow, produc' Like change on fea and land, fidereal blatt. Milton 3. Not ready; not prompt not quick "I am flow of fpeech, and a flowv tongue Exod. iv. 10 Mine.ear fhall not be flov, mine eye not thut, Milton The flow of .fpeech make in dreams unpremeditated haranguesy or converfe readily in language that they are but little acquainted with. Addifun, For though in dreadful whirls we hun High on the broken wave I knew thou wert not flozv:to hear, Nor impotent to fave Addifons 4. Dull inaétive tardy fluggifh Fix'd on defence, the Trojans are not flo To guard their fhore from an expected foe 5. Not hafty; acting wit not vehement. Dryd deliberation 3 The Lord is merciful, and flow to-anger Comman Prayer He thatis flszv.to wrath, is of great underftanding Prowe The politick and wif Are {ly flow things with circumipe@ive eyes. Popes 6. Dull'; heavy in wit The blockhead is 2 flozo. worm SLow in.compoftion i Pope a adverbj; flfl-‘l&'!" This flow=pac'd foul, which late did cleav Thy fates open their hands, let thy blood an {pirit embrace them ; and to inure thyfelf to wha thou art like to be, caft thy humble flozgh, an appear frefh Shakefpeare's Tavelfth Night When the mind is quicken' The organs, though defuné& and dead before Break up their drowfy grave, and newly move With cafted flough, and freth legerity. Shakefpeare Oh let not fleep my clofing eyes invad In open plains, or in the fec:et thade When he, renew'd in all the fpeckled prid Of pompous youth, has caft his flough afide And in his fummer liv'ry rolls alon T' explor Ere€t, and brandifbing his forky tongue Slow-pacing thrice around th' inkdious piles Pope Dryden T' a body, and went but, by the body's leave Twenty perchance or thirty mile a day Difpatches in 2 minute all.the wa Dionges *Twixt heav'n and carth To the fhame of flsww endeavouring ar Milon Thy ealy numbers fow This day's death denounc'd, if aughtI fee ‘Will prave no fudden but.a flozp-pac'd evil A long day's dying to augment our pain. Miltoz Foreigh flow-circling years by tempefts toft Some demon urg' the fraud with guile oppos' Poff to guile T |