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 84 HAMPSHIRE QLOSSART. which means a poor, weak, starved creature, or anything smaU and of bad quality.— -Wise, New Forest Slink off— L. See Shirk off SUpshaws [slipshauz], sb. pi. nuts that are ripe. — W. Slither [slidh'ur], v. tt. to slide. — N. H. Sliie [sleiz], v. to look sly. *Ak. Wise, New Forest Slook [slok], V, to throw away. Ex. * Slock it away.* — Wise, New Forest Sloop [sloop], V. to exchange. *Ak. Slox [slocks], t;. to waste or pilfer. *Ak. Slab [slab], eh, wet and loose mud. Used as slusJi or slosh is else- where. — Cooper. Sluggard's goise [slug-urdz geiz], sb. a sluggardly habit Hence the rhyme : Loth to bed and loth to rise.' *Ak. Slorry [sluri], adj. dull, stagnant, dirty. — N. H. Slat [slat], sb. a noise ; chiefly in phrase, * a slut of thunder,' ue. a, peaL^Wise, New Forest. See Slat. Smaok [smak], v. to strike with the open hand. Ex. ' I'll smack thee Tace for 'ee.' — J. Com. Smaok, adv, decidedly ; as, ' he went smack at it.' — Cooper. Small Heath [smaul heth], sb. Calluna vulgaris. — J. B. Smart [smaart], adj, expresses quantity or length. Ex. ' A smart many ; ' ' a smart way ; ' * it'll go a smart ways into it ' = it will expend a good deal of a sum of money. — N. H. Smatoh [smach], sb. a smack, an unpleasant flavour. — W. See Breachy. Smioket [smik'ut], sb. a smock-frock. — ^Wise, New Forest^ p. 162. Smock-fikoed [smok-fais'd], adj. sheepish, bashful. — J. Smolt [smoaltl], adj. (1) Smooth and shining. — Cooper. (2) Polished, brushed. — ^Wise. Smoom [smoorn f], v. to smear. — Cooper. Snaok [snak], sb. a small 'flves' ball. — Winch. Sch. 01. Snaoki [snaks], sb. pi. shares; ^to go snacks,* to share or divide anything.— F. M. Com, Snag [snag], sb. {l)_Prunus Spinosa, the blackthorn. (2) The sloe.— W. Snag-bloBSom [snag-blos-um], sb. the blossom of the blackthorn. — ^W. Snaggle [snag-l], v. to snarl. — ^W. Snail-creepers [snail-kree'pui^, sb. the embroidered front of a countryman's smook-firock. — ^W.
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