“Slipe, my lad, while thou’s weel. Slipe, I say, an’ let neàbody see the’ gang.”—Said to a youth in a row.
Slocken, S and C, to slake thirst.
“Ha’e ye any clippin’ drink left?” “No!” “Ha’e ye any common yall? No! Ha’e ye any smo’ beer? No! Why than, hang it—ha’e ye any pig-stuff? I mun be slocken’t wi’ summat!”—John Kendall at Hawkshead Hall the day after the sheep-shearing feast.
Smaik, S, a small boy, or other small animal.
“He’s but a smaik, but he’s a man at the books.”
Said of a schoolboy.
Smittal, C, infectious.
“As smittal as t’ Smo’-pox.”
Said of a successful male animal kept for breeding purposes.
Snape, C, snub, also blight.