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 ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSPIELD. 121 Slambrasli. Hall, says 'a great sloven.' Slamp, dull Slang, past tense of to sling. Blank, past tense of to slink. Slapdash, to stencil. Slape, slippery. Known by some here, but not perhaps belonging to the dialect. Slart, to sprinkle, or splash, but not necessarily with dirt, as Hall, intimates. * The boys slart each other with water.' See Slam. Slate. ' He has a slate slipped,' i. e. slate off, or is slightly deranged. Slay, or Sleigh, an instrument used in weaving to keep the threads straight. It also acts as a support to the shuttle as it runs, and, on being pulled to the piece, it drives the threads of the woof closer together. Sleat, or Sleet (gl. slea*h't, or sleet), to let a dog slip, or set him at anything. Hay. Sleek. See Slaek, and Slake. Sled, a sledge. Slewy (pronounced slooe), a sloven or slut. The spelling is doubtful. HaU. does not give this word. Slippen, the plural of slip. Slither (pronounced slaictker, but some say slither; the i as in bffY an extra quantity, perhaps added slily, or secretly. * Two spooinfuls and a slawther o* rum i' your teH,* Rum in tea is called ' milk from the bi-own cow,' and was formerly very commonly used at funerals.. The pronunciation of this word is uncertain, as few people now know or use it. Slive (pronounced sleeve; gl. sleev), to split, &c. They slive the wood for the fires, &c. Sliyer (pronounced sleever; gl, sleev nir), a long carding of wool, which they formerly passed through their fingers in the process. A cart Bliver (slauver), sometimes called the slipper ^ is a round piece of iron coupling to fasten the body of the cart to the shafts. Sleekened (^/. slok'nd), satiated; saturated; soaked, &c. Hall, says ' slocketif to slake, or quench.' The ground is quite slockened after a heavy rain. * Tha*s sleekened this lime,' t. e. put too much water to it. * I am Blocken*d wi' the job,' i. e. tired of it. See Kinmont Willie ^ ver. 11: