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S — Slackly to Slum (Part 6 of 13)

Sleight of hand. Legerdemain, hocus-pocus, jugglery, prestidigitation.

Slender, a.

    1. Slim, thin, narrow, slight.
    2. Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy, fine
    3. Small, inconsiderable, moderate, trivial.
    4. Meagre, scanty, inadequate, small, insufficient, pitiful, lean.
    5. Spare, sparing, abstemious, light, meagre, simple.

Sleuth-hound, n. Blood-hound, slot-hound, slow-hound.

Sley, n. [Written also Slay.] Weaver’s reed.

Slice, v. a.

    1. Cut (into thin pieces).
    2. Cut, divide, part.
    3. Cut off, sever.

Slice, n. Collop, chop, thin piece.

Slide, v. n. Glide, slip, move smoothly.

Slide, n. Glide, slip.

Sliding, a. Slippery, uncertain, gliding.

Sliding, n. Lapse, falling, backsliding, transgression, fault.

Slight, a.

    1. Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant.
    2. Weak, feeble, gentle.
    3. Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty, careless, negligent.
    4. Perishable, flimsy.