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Show S: S L T Stow. w. a. [from the adje&tive. T omit by dilatorinefs ; to delay; to procraftinate Not in ufe. The true wor was for/flowv new fortunes with this more ftubborn and boifter ous expedition time is now not in ufe, otherwif A man o ate counfels and flubbere fafhion, tha by little and little But did not France or Holland's fate forefee Whofe rifing pow'r to fwift dominion flew. Dryd We oft our flowly growing works impart ‘While images refle® from art to art Poge 3. Not haftily; not rafhly: as, he deter mines flowly 4. Not promptly learns fowwly no readily B:\fej,'u/u",:;'d:gu[/iwz, to be ferv' As thou didft vow to deal with me Svo'wxess. 7. / [from floay. 1. Smallnefs of motion; not fpeed ; wan of velocity ; abfence of celerity or fiviftnefs Providence hath confined thefe human hearts that what any invention hath in the ftrength of it motion, is abated in the Jlownefs of it: and w a it hath in the extraordinary quicknefs of its mo tion, muft be allowed for in the great ftren th tha is required unto it. Wilkins's Mathematical M gick Motion is the abfolute mode of a body, but f iftnefs or flozunefs are relative ideas Watts. 2. Length of time in which any thing al or is brought to pafs; not quicknefs Tyrants ufe what art they can to inc eafe th Jlownefs of death Hooker 3. Dulnefs to admit convi&tion or affecion Chrift would not heal their infirmities, b cauf of the hardnefs and floawnefs of their hearts in tha they believed. him not Bentley's Sermons 4. Want of promptnefs; want of readinefs 5. Deliberation; cool delay 6. Dilatorinefs ; procraftination Sro'wworm. 7 /. [rlapypm, Saxon The blind worm; a larg mortal, fcarcely venomous Thoug we have foun forme viper no fnakes in th belly of the cecilia, or flowavorm, ye ma th viper emphatically bear the name Brewn's Vylgar Errours 70 SLU'BBER. . a. [probabl ber. from /x5 1. To do any thing lazily, imperfeitly or with idle hurry Nature thewed fhe doth not Iike men w f u er up matters of mean account Sidney Baffanio told him, he would mak fome fpee Of hi return he anfwer'd, do not fo Slubber not bufinefs for my fake Shakefpeare's Werchant of Venice As they are flubbered over, the mal gnity thatsemain will fhow itfelfin fome chronic difeafe W ifiman's Surgery. 2. To ftain; to daub, [This f ems to b from fobber, labber, or flev r, If thou hadft got the victory Huydibras SLupGE. #. /. [ I fuppofe from rlog flough, Saxon.] Mire ; dirt mixed wit water The carth I made a mere foft fludge or mud Mortimer SLUG. n. /. [ fiug, Danith, and fock 1 The chapel of St. Laurence advances fo ver Jlowly, that tis not impoflible but the family o Medicis may be extinét before their burial plac is finithed Addifon on Italy Jecret ambitious ends, and proportionfmothered under the habit ofa fcholfar over with a certain rude and clownif had the femblance of integrity Waotton Quoth fhe, although thou haft deferv'd as, h 5. Tardily; fluggifhly SLU'BEERDEGULLION. 7 /. [T fuppof a cant word without derivation.] A paltry, dirty, forry wretch Bacon Our fathers bent their painful induftr To check a monarchy that Jlrwly grew Thi than as low colloquial word The poor remnant of human feed peopled thei country again flowly Shakefpeare 3. To cover coarfely or carelefsly SLo‘wry. adv., [from flow. 1. Not fpeedily; not with celerity; no with velocity 2. Not foon ; not early; mot in a littl S You muft be content to flubber the glofs of you Now do you know the reafon of this hafte =1 would I knew not why it fhould be SJow d Shakefpeare The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away Spreads his black wings, and flozvly mounts to day Pope Dutch, fignify a glutton, and thenc one that has the floth of a glutton. A idler drone {leepy, lazy wretch Fie not wha a flow a flug is Haftings 2. An hindrance heavy that he come Shakefpeare an obftruion Ufury dulls and damps all improvements, where in mone this flug woul be flirring, if it were not fo Bacon 3. A kind of flow creeping fnail 4- [rlécg, an hammerhead, Saxon. cylindrical or oval picce of metal fho from a gun When fractures are made with ‘bullets or Sugs there the fcalp and cranium are driven in together Wifeman's Surgery As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itfelf ca fly And pond'rous flugs cut fwiftly through the dky 7o SLUG. v. 7. [from the noun, Pope To li idle ; to play the drone ; to move flowly All he did was to deceive good knights And draw them from purfuit of praife and fame To flug in floth and fenfual delights And end their days with irrenowned fhame Fairy Queen He lay not ail night flugging in a cabbin und his mantle, but ufed commonly to keep o her waking to defend their lives Spenfer One went flugging on with a thoufand cares L'Eftrange SLu'GGARD. x / [from flug.] An idler a drone ; an ina&ive lazy fellow Cry mercy, lords, and watchful gentlem n That you have ta'en a tardy fluggard here Shakefpeare's Richard 111 This mightier found fhall mak The dead to rife And open tombs and open eyes To the long fluggards of five thoufan y a s C w Up, up, fays Avarice; thou {nor a a n Stretcheft thy limbs, and yawn'ft but all in vain The tyrant Lucre no denjal take At his command th unwilling Jug ard wakes Dryden Sprightly May commands ou youth to kee The vigils of her night, and break their Suggar {leep Dryden 70 SLU'GGARDIZE. @, 4. [from fugg To make idle ; to make dronifh Rather fee the wonders of t e world abroad Than, living dully Puggardiz' at home Wear out thy youth with fhapelefs idlenef Shatke[peare yU"‘, Si'vecrsn, ad;, [from/lug,].])un;'d2 fy s lazy ; flothful ; idle ;'infipid; 'fld;'}, o inaive; inert o Siuggifh idlenefs, the nurfo of Upon a flothfu afs h; chofe _troer?de?n' lFair The dull billows, thic M as t Whom neither wi nd o6u of"their efear 'co:ll:;cf:, Nor tides did driy e out of the r fluggi/ fisum,?' One, bolder than the reft, SF'.:[" With his broad fword provok d the Jugzifp beag Matter, being impotent Suggifp, and inaé‘é[ hath no powe to ftir or move itfelf Woodwy Sru'cersuLY. adv, [from J ggifs.] Dy ly 5 ot nimbly ; lazily; idl ; flowly SLu'GGIsHNESS. 7. I3 » [fro ifh Dulnefs ertnefs floth; lazinefs; idlex{ggg; The moft of mankind are i c i e by her ¢hi ther, if they would take t e p ins; no lefs tha birds to fly, and horfesto run : hich if they lofe it is through their own Juggifbnefs, an by tha means become her prodigies, 5ot her child en Ben Fonfn Tt is of great moment to teach the mind to fha off its fluggifbnefs, and vigoroufly employ. itf about what reafon fhali direét Lodke SLUICE., #. /. [ flayfe, Dutch ; efclufe, Br Jeluja, Ttalian. A watergate} a flood gate ; a vent for water Two other precious drops; that ready ftoo Each in their cryftal fJuice, he, ere they fell Kifs'd, as the gracious figns of fiveet remorfe And pious awe, that fear'd to have offended, Mil Divine Alpheus, who, by fecret fluice Stole under feas to meet his Arethufe. . Milt If we receive them all, they were more tha feven; if only the natural Jluicesy they were fewer Brown's Valgar Erraurg As waters from her fuices, flov' Unbounded forrow from her eyes Prit Each Auice of affluent fortune op;n'd foon Andwealth flow'd in at morning, night, and noon Harte 70 SLuicE. . a. [from the noun. emit by floodgates T Like a traitor coward Siyic'd out his inn'cent foul through fireams o blood Sakefpeare Veins of liquid ore fluic'd from the.lake. Mil You wrong me, if you think I'll fell ene dro Within thefe veins for pageants; but let honou Call for my blood, I'll fluice it into ftreams Turn fortune loofe again to my purfuit And let me hunt her through embattled foes In dufty plains; there will Ibe the firft. { b CLE Dryden's Sparn h Fm.r ‘:\')irkm U Svu'tcy. adj, [from fluice.] Fallingi ftreams as from a {luice or floodgate And oft whole fheets defcend of fluicy rain Suck'd by the fpungy clouds from off the main The lofty (kies at once come pt;ugmg dz"'n The promisis''d crop and golIdednen labour drowDn.iyd 7o SLU'MBER. . 7. [lumenan, Saxonj Sluwymeren, Dutch. Lo 1. To {leep lightly; to be not awake, in profound {leep HIZ that keepeth Ifrael fhall neither flum;}rd;‘ fleep (?oni'ciencc walkes defpair that ffumber d& M;'Z 2. To fleep; to repofe. Sleep and J ber are often confounded. God fpeaketh, yet man perceiv dream, in a vifion of the night, when deep flec i up‘%‘:b,the :xxiiibed: falleth upon ‘men, in: flumbering Have ye chofen this place After the toil of battle, to repof Your wearied virtue, for she ufe you fi To flumber here i 3. 4 |